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  1. Iran`s new Aircraftcarrier

    Not aware of a carrier with a deck shaped like that - it has quite a small area at the front.
  2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdr5r-8QHtQ
  3. Esc in First Eagles I

    Update Direct X 9 perhaps?
  4. F-16B block 1 #78082 was one of the first F-16s delivered to the USAF. It is seen here after arrival at Hill AFB. Note the telltale black radome of the block 1 models. [uSAF photo] Hill, located in northern Utah, is set to receive the first operational squadron of F-35 Lightning II jets sometime next year. Ultimately, the base is projected to receive 72 F-35As, which will be spread among three fighter squadrons. Once they start to arrive, preparations will begin to send the 48 F-16s currently assigned to Hill, out the door. Base spokesman George Jozens said the base is preparing for the new aircraft by building a $13.5 million hangar to house the jets. There will also be a handful of other construction projects to prepare for the arrival, he said. It will also require some equipment upgrades and new training for operations and maintenance personnel, he said. The Air Force in December selected Hill to serve as an operational base for the new F-35. The F-16's departure from the base will be significant, as the jet has had a long and notable history with Hill. On 1 January 1979, the 16th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, "First in the F-16", was relocated at Hill AFB, Utah as part of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing. From 1 January 1979 through 31 March 1983 the 16 TFTS was the first RTU for the F-16 and acted as a worldwide RTU, training over 240 pilots in the F-16. The 4th TFS 'Fightin' Fujins', was the first USAF squadron to achieve Initial Operational Capability (IOC) on November 12th, 1980. In March of 1981, the 4th TFS took twelve of its F-16s to Norway for a month-long deployment, marking the first deployment of the USAF F-16s overseas. In May 1989, the first F-16C block 40 aircraft arrived at Hill AFB, Utah. The new model F-16, designed to accommodate the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night (LANTIRN) pod. The 388th TFW was the first unit to fly LANTIRN-equipped F-16s into conflict over the skies of Iraq and Kuwait during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. In the 35-plus years at Hill, the F-16 has been deployed to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Storm, been a major factor in the global war on terror in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and served countless other missions. For more than 30 years, the base had 72 F-16s spread among three squadrons until an Air Force restructuring in 2010, when one squadron was deactivated and Hill lost 24 jets. Many of the Vipers will be reassigned within the Department of Defense bu at this point it is unknown where Hill's final 48 F-16s will end up when they leave the base. There’s optimism that landing the F-35 will insulate Hill from future defense budget cuts. The F-35 could very well give Hill AFB a mission for decades to come, much like the F-16 did when it arrived in 1979. http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article4841.html
  5. Esc in First Eagles I

    Could be permission related - where's it installed? are you admin on the PC? - I made a point of installing old games outside program files
  6. Get a load of this freak!

    What a retard!!
  7. Priceless.. LMAO

    The indignity!
  8. XI

    Great idea actually - comes off very well
  9. Post random things thread

  10. If seeing is believing - Badgers........ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6TZoHw4Yjo http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-26641520
  11. Air Conflicts Vietnam, any good?

    Cool - has rotating 2D clouds - and TK where is my triple AIM-9 launcher!!
  12. Hi there and welcome to CA Which EOGBs are we talking about? The Walleyes are pretty good - but often best to dive at the target - make sure you are close enough to give the bomb enough energy to get there. Yes - the HUD can be changed via the _avionics.ini file and creating custom TGAs - take a look at some of these to see whats involved http://combatace.com/files/category/785-avionics/ Did you patch over a modified install? the Thirdwire patches cant account for any user added mods so you must make a copy of the mod folder before patching to avoid that situation
  13. Esc in First Eagles I

    Did you install the latest patches? (Nov 2008 probably fixes that)
  14. Guys - that's not me (although I am a similar age) - have moved the link to the top of the page.........sorry for any confusion.
  15. Back to Bosnia, 20 years after my tour.

    Glad to see things are getting back on track for you! hope the trip goes well
  16. Two Syrian Su-24 warplanes came close to the south of Yayladagi town of Hatay province in southern Turkey, the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces said in the statement, adding that they moved away only 2.2 sea miles from the Turkish border. The Su-24 represents the most modern and main strike element of the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF). The Su-24s recently received a full factory overhaul (MK2 level) in Russia, ensuring they can maintain a high operational tempo. Syria received a total of 22 Su-24s since 1990. Twenty Su-24MKs were ordered from the Soviet Union in 1988 and delivered in 1990. One Su-24MK and one Su-24MR were donated by Libya in the mid 90's. However, one Su-24 has already been lost in Syrian Civil War, bringing the total inventory down to twenty-one aircraft. The MK version Syria received was a downgraded variant of the Su-24M, the M being built for the Soviet Union and the MK for export customers. The Su-24MR is a reconnaissance aircraft with no provision for bombs, but with two panoramic cameras and a side-looking radar installed instead of the attack radar and the laser/TV system on the Su-24M. On February 8th, 2 Turkish F-16s scrambled to intercept a Syrian MiG-25 'Foxbat' jet which came close to the Turkish southern border. On the same day, two other F-16s scrambled when a Syrian Mi-17 'Hip-H' helicopter came too close. On March 3rd Turkey's military scrambled eight F-16 jets along its Black Sea coast after detecting a Russian IL-20 spy plane flying over international waters parallel to Turkish airspace. Interception of jets between the two countries have increased since a Turkish F-4 Phantom was shot down in 2012 by the Syrian army after it reportedly violated the Syrian airspace. Defense analysts have been watching for additional military buildup in the Black Sea area, which is bordered by six countries including Turkey, Ukraine and Russia. Turkey regularly scrambles jets along its borders and in October alone did so three times after detecting Russian planes in Turkish airspace. Turkey downed a Syrian Mi-17 attack Helicopter last September, saying that it made a 2-km incursion into its airspace while ignoring warnings. http://www.f-16.net/f-16-news-article4842.html
  17. You might be able to use some things from here if doing a campaign http://combatace.com/files/file/7233-the-last-stand/
  18. YGBSM

    In addition to being the first of the so called “Century Series” fighters and the first U.S. Air Force plane able to reach supersonic speed in level flight, the North American F-100 Super Sabre was also the first of the Wild Weasel aircraft. The concept around Wild Weasels (aircraft specialized in Suppression Of Air Defense missions) dates back to Jul. 24, 1965, when an USAF F-4C Phantom was shot down over North Vietnam by a Soviet made SA-2 Guideline Surface to Air Missile: a proof that the SAMs (Surface to Air Missiles) were a real threat for U.S. aircraft, and something that had to be coped with in the shortest time possible. The first idea relied on the traditional methods of photo and electronic reconnaissance (after the SAM site was located, aircraft on alert would be launched to destroy it). But such an approach was neither timely nor effective since many sites were mobile. Therefore, a small number of aircraft were equipped with electronic devices to locate and mark the SAM sites in real-time for strike aircraft. This method required those aircraft to be fitted with a Radar Homing and Warning (RHAW) device allowing them to know when they were being targeted. The second step was to load these aircraft with missiles, like the AGM-45 Shrike, that could be fired at the radar. The last step was providing more effective jamming to protect themselves. Due to its availability and performance, the two seat version of the Super Sabre, the F-100F, was chosen as the pathfinder aircraft: these aircraft had the task to locate and mark the SAM sites. Their RHAW was fitted with the IR-133 Panoramic Scan Receiver made by Applied Technologies Inc. (the so called ATI equipment), which provided a 360 degree scan on a 3-inch Cathode Ray Tube cockpit display to provide bearing to the signal: moreover it differentiated the various frequency bands and pulse rates to identify the several types of radar signals received, such as surveillance, missile tracking and Anti Aircraft Artillery (AAA) radar. The aim of these kind of missions were explained to the aircrews during several briefings and it was in one of these meetings that an F-100F Electronics Warfare Officer (EWO), the F-100’s back seater, said: “You want me to ride in the back of a two seat fighter with a teenage killer in the front seat? You Gotta Be Shitting Me!” and from that briefing is believed to come the original Wild Weasel slogan “YGBSM” as explained in Ted Spitzmiller’s book Century Series The USAF Quest for air supremacy 1950-1960 . After the visual identification of the target, the Pathfinder had to mark it, by means of 2.75 inch air to ground rockets fired from LAU-3 launchers, for the F-105 Thunderchiefs that followed the F-100 with the task to destroy the SAM site. Often, the SA-2 was launched against the F-100F: to avoid the missile, the Super Sabre aircrew relied on the Launch Warning Receiver (LWR-300) which, with a yellow light in the cockpit, alerted the crew of the imminent launch and with a red light signaled that the missile launch had occurred. A former pathfinder pilot, Colonel Edward Rock in the bookFirst In, Last Out explained that he never noticed the color of the light: “If a SAM was launched, then the azimuth strobe associated with the threat was supposed to blink at 3 cycles per second. I can say that I probably had more than 100 missiles launched at my aircraft and never, not even once, saw the strobe blinking. Probably busy with more important things like saving my life.” The first Wild Weasel F-100Fs arrived at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base in November 1965. They conducted their first successful mission on Dec. 22 1965, as recalled by another Super Sabre pilot, Lieutenant Colonel Allen Lamb who gave his account to Ted Spitzmiller: “We didn’t just mark the target…we went in first with rockets and came back around with cannons even before some of the Thuds (as it was called the F-105 Thunderchief) had started on a first run. The F-100F was an excellent hunter-killer in that it was very agile. I was very fond of it, and of my ability to fly it.” The F-100F flew these missions until its replacement with the F-105F, which took place in July 1966. However the “Hun” (as the Super Sabre was dubbed by its aircrews) was the first Wild Weasel aircraft and the first fighter to fly in the risky environment of the anti SAM missions, as remembered by Rock: “Due to the limited number of Wild Weasel aircraft we were considered a high value limited asset…we normally flew only the most dangerous missions and in an area where the threat was the very highest.” Image credit: U.S. Air Force http://theaviationist.com/2014/03/13/wild-weasel-f-100/
  19. File Name: Do It Yourself Runway & Taxi sets File Submitter: MigBuster File Submitted: 17 March 2014 File Category: Base Mods Separate sets of Runways, taxiways and ramps in different colours - you will need to rename the files for in game use - as per the README Click here to download this file
  20. Do It Yourself Runway & Taxi sets

    Version v1.1

    209 downloads

    Separate sets of Runways, taxiways and ramps in different colours - you will need to rename the files for in game use - as per the README
  21. A lot of changes were under the hood so to speak http://combatace.com/topic/56091-whats-new-in-the-sf2-series/
  22. When did you start getting problems? To try and track down the problem files you could try cutting and pasting out certain mod folders and running the game.
  23. Hi Res Runways 2014 (Pack 2)

    Version v1.1

    641 downloads

    Hi Res runways, taxiways & ramps for SF2 / SF2V / SF2I / SF2E (Pack 1 SEA style) See the README for instructions
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