MigBuster

oo Happy birthday old chap

Some other people have had this issue - TK has suggested downloading a new exe from thirdwire and installing it again. Make sure you are an admin on your PC when you install it.

Ive never seen any actual take off figures for the jets they all differ - but then again the flight models have changed a lot over the years - and it depends what weps load you are carrying also due to the weight. Ideally get airbourne before the wheels fall off - if you dont know where this point is practise taking off in the jet before using it in a campaign. WIth the Harrier for example you can roll to about 50 kts and then vector the nozzles to get airbourne. some jets need 200kts or more. And the figures may change in the future with other changes.

Well its not all bad - they can shell Old Trafford from there

Pah - I've no need for such things so wasn't even looking

AFAIK the only Voodoo actually used in Vietnam was the RF-101C in a recon role RF-101B was used around 1972 - 1975 by the ANG

With series 1: Install game Install latest patch Make COPY of entire game folder eg SFG Rename game folder to SFG_Mod for example Make a shortcut to sfg.exe thats it

Ace pics - thanks

http://forum.combatace.com/index.php/topic/38352-boeing-unveils-new-f-15-silent-eagle/

Seems a bit slower - but is loading pages in 3 secs still for me on a private broadband line.

Depends on Jet e.g. The F-4C had a manually depressed sight but the F-4D had a lead computing sight according to a book I have - so expect TKs jets to have the correct sight for what they used.(you will notice the difference between the F-4C and D anyway) tbh your gonna be leading things anyway in the heat of battle - things happen a lot faster in jet world. No I dont believe the A-G mode is accurate - just strafe - for a start your jet would need to lock onto the ground target (if it has a ground radar even) - cannon is still an unguided weapon and the shells are affected by the environment as soon as they leave the jet at whatever angle/speed/altitude etc - all probably affects it. For precision weapons - see LGB/Walleye/Maverick

Totally ace

If you want YAP2 get WOV If you bother getting WOV I would recommend a separate install with the older games - SF2V is able to handle the mixing of jets used by countries better However I would recommend SF2:Vietnam instead for....all the bits discussed in previous threads.

Assume this is on single missions what is the last year you can fly in?

totally agree - As all pointless Vs threads - they normally get out of hand too - as long as fact prevails over fiction as much as poss it can still be discussed......maybe.

I have the figure of 105.5 to 0 for F-15s (F-15C Eagle Units in Combat)- guess some may be disputed (think the 0.5 is the Israel HAWK/F-15 MiG-25RB shootdown) The man with links to Iran claims 159 confirmed kills for the F-14A - and the US Navy got 4 was it Vs Libyan Jets. The 159 figure may be optimistic as a lot were pilot accounts - a truthful Iraqi AF losses sheet would be helpful!! That being said there is apparently firm confirmation that 3 F-14s were lost to Iraqi AF fighters - the Mirage F1 received in the last years of the war is said to have made a significant difference - especially to an F-14 fleet going through 8 years of war with a makeshift spares supply.

Guessing that something could do this that or the other is not really a fair assessment - besides a missile or cannon shell would kill either if it hits the right place. If as you say an F-15 lost a wing to a SAM - then it was nothing more than luck. I have some photos of supposed damage to an Iranian F-14A that was hit by an A-A missile that made it back to base "despite extensive damage to both TF-30s" I have photos of a couple of VNAF F-5As surviving SA-7 hits around the engine Nozzles in 1974 that made it back to base - and they look pretty damaged to me, and you would hardly think that was a jet that could take much damage.

Nice shots

hmmm another drawing - wheres the real thing :)

Think this happened after i pressed the change button - you may want to check it It sure is a bargain at £685354 thou :)

Russia to deliver Su-30MK2 fighters to Vietnam Air Force News — By RIA Novosti on August 24, 2009 at 6:21 am From: http://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-deliver-su-30mk2-fighters-to-vietnam-21281/ ZHUKOVSKY: Russia will fulfill a contract on the delivery of eight Su-30MK2 fighters to Vietnam in 2010, state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday. Russia and Vietnam signed a of $500 million agreement on the sale of eight Su-30MK2 fighters in January 2009. “The contract was signed in January, and we will fulfill it in 2009-2010,” Alexander Mikheyev, deputy general director of Rosoboronexport said at the MAKS-2009 air show near Moscow. Mikheyev said Vietnam had already made several advanced payments under the contract and the deliveries would be made in two batches of four aircraft each. Su-30MK2 is an advanced two-seat version of the Su-27 Flanker multirole fighter with upgraded electronics and capability to launch anti-ship missiles. Russia’s Federal Service for Military Cooperation said in June that Vietnam had expressed interest in buying additional Su-30MK2 fighters and talks on a new contract could start in the near future. Military aircraft continue to dominate Russia’s arms exports, and are expected to total about $2.6 billion in 2009 sales

The above radar modes are explained from page 85 of the manual - that's training mission 13 - you need to go most of the training missions a few times really - if you dont do it now - you will defo be coming back to them in a few weeks time :)

What versions are you comparing exactly? Weapons loads? are we talking 1 on 1 in a turning fight or BVR? what do you mean by better? You can read varying accounts - and they will all lead to the same thing - neither was better overall. I have accounts of Israeli pilots choosing the F-15A over the F-14A because they thought it was better after testing them. On the other hand I have Iranian Pilots saying they chose the F-14A over the F-15A because it was better in a low speed turning fight and better at BVR blah - although even they say the F-14 wasn't much good at turning with 4 AIM-54s on the belly because of the weight. F-15A had a single pilot but the F-14A had 2 pilots so was better in that regards. F-14A Originally had the pants TF30 engines that were prone to compressor stalls - a thing experienced by Iranian pilots in combat - and also AFAIK one reason why the first female US Naval aviator died - but not really another thing you would want to manage. SO the F-15A had better engines and was faster so was better in that regards. Then BVR - The F-14A was almost a weapons system built around the AWG-9 and active AIM-54As - which in theory was far better than the Semi-Active AIM-7s the longest range missile carried by the F-15A. The F-14A was the only platform that could intercept the Recon version of the MiG-25RB - which regularly flew over Iran till F-14As came into service. Israel by their accounts had no such luck with the R/RB - the F-15A was unable to intercept them coming over Israel - but managed to get one when it was damaged by a HAWK SAM and had to come to lower altitudes. I have read the US had a zoom climb tactic to deal with 25R/RBs - but this was never put to practise AFAIK However BVR doesnt mean jack if you cant ID the target 40 miles away as friend or foe. Not to mention how good the AIM-54A really was against a nimble target with RHAW and good counter measures - because it was designed to shoot down big bombers. Iran claim to have many kills with the AIM-54A - used in conjunction with the AWG-9 and IFF - but this does not give an accurate picture - because the Iraqi pilots in about 90% of the cases probably didn't know they had been fired at until they were hit - dues to lack of RWR or RWRs that couldnt detect the threat.

Only the latest patch (Oct 2008) works with Vista with any stability on the older games - im guessing that it might be to do with the shaders - see here http://forum.combatace.com/index.php/topic/34221-running-any-thirdwire-sim-in-windows-vista-by-usafmtl-column5-jtin/

Happy birthday you guys!