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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

You might be able to use some things from here if doing a campaign http://combatace.com/files/file/7233-the-last-stand/

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/

View File Do It Yourself Runway & Taxi sets 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 Submitter MigBuster Submitted 03/17/2014 Category Base Mods

A lot of changes were under the hood so to speak http://combatace.com/topic/56091-whats-new-in-the-sf2-series/

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.

View File Hi Res Runways 2014 (Pack 1) Hi Res runways, taxiways & ramps for SF2 / SF2V / SF2I / SF2E (Pack 1 Euro/US style) See the README for instructions Submitter MigBuster Submitted 03/16/2014 Category Base Mods

View File Hi Res Runways 2014 (Pack 2) Hi Res runways, taxiways & ramps for SF2 / SF2V / SF2I / SF2E (Pack 1 SEA style) See the README for instructions Submitter MigBuster Submitted 03/16/2014 Category Base Mods

Don't panic - I found it yesterday: http://vietnam.craigslist.org/for/4372477162.html Passengers must have already been sold

View File HD Menu Screens for First Eagles 2 HD 16:9 menu screens for First Eagles 2 (1920 x 1080) created for myself This is a set of Images only - no ini files or changes Submitter MigBuster Submitted 03/09/2014 Category First Eagles - General Files - Hanger, Menu Screens

Okay well I will stick up the whole lot if there are no other HD ones about - just a set I made for myself The closest 16:9 to yours is 1440 x 810 - which is what you would need to scale these down to if they were out (when keeping them at 1920 x 1080) Could add a better logo if someone does one.................

Okay so 16:10 The TW menu screens are all 4:3 (1024 x 768) - a somewhat low resolution these days since everything went widescreen & HD - so your monitor stretches these across the screen and they look terrible. Those menu screens in the link are far better than stock - but they are still low res and still get stretched all over the place. Have attached a single screen in 16:9 - so stick it in the menu folder and see what it looks like in game CampaignScreen.zip

What do you play the game at 16:9 ?

It the old ini files included in that. If you really like that you can extract the FE2 inis and make the same changes.

Thanks for the update Falcon and you should enjoy Gravity. Was very good in 3D (Saw at the cinema) with all the bits flying out of the screen.

Very good actually! Is it easy to translate audio? I suppose for non English speakers you could include a text script still for translation.