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View File [Fictional] BAC Thunderstrike S.1 (TSR.2) BAC Thunderstrike S.1 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of bongodriver's outstanding BAC TSR.2 to give a fictional Thunderstrike S.1 strike aircraft in service with the RAF during the 1968 to 1980 timeline. Three RAF squadrons are covered and all with toned-down (pale) markings; No.100 Squadron. No.139 (Jamaica) Squadron. No.617 Squadron - The famous 'Dambusters'. BACKSTORY In the House of Commons on April 6th 1965, when Chancellor James Callaghan stood to deliver his budget day speech most of the British aviation industry were prepared for the worst but nothing about the TSR.2 was mentioned and a collective sigh of relief was heard. On April 9th, Prime Minister Wilson made an unannounced visit to BAC Warton and, after raised voices were heard coming from the boardroom, Wilson was given a tour of the TSR.2 front office by an enthusiastic and passionate Roland Beaumont. Playing to the assembled crowd of BAC workers and the Press corps, Wilson announced that whilst some economies were needed this important aircraft was "an amazing example of British engineering and will form the backbone of a modern Royal Air Force" adding that a production order for 30 examples would be immediately placed plus another four pre-production aircraft. Astounded BAC officials looked at each in disbelief, swallowed hard and smiled for the cameras. In the months that followed, everything seemed to fall into place. The undercarriage retraction problems disappeared, the new Olympus 321 engines ran faultlessly both at Filton (and soon after in the newly flown XR222) whilst various highly classified black boxes arrived at Warton, were fitted and worked like a charm. Testing continued into 1966 and on April 6th, 1966 Mary Wilson (the wife of Prime Minister, Harold Wilson) smashed a bottle of champagne across the nose of XR225 in a naming ceremony christening the aircraft 'Thunderstrike'. In August 1966, the Air Ministry announced that to ease the aircraft into squadron service a Thunderstrike Test and Evaluation Squadron (TTES) would be formed during 1967 at RAF Coningsby operating the last four prototypes (XR223 to XR226) and the four pre-production aircraft (XR556 to XR559). During the Spring of 1967 the excellent results coming from the Thunderstrike Test and Evaluation Squadron allowed the RAF to begin to plan the introduction into service of the BAC Thunderstrike S.1 and it was hoped to initially re-equip No.617 'Dambuster' squadron at RAF Scampton first and hopefully by April 1st, 1968 (the RAF's 50th birthbday). However, during August 1967 the RAF top brass became aware of the onset of fatigue problems with the two Victor B.2 squadrons at RAF Wittering and, fearful of another Valiant style mass grounding, it was decided to move the Victor B.2's away from the arduous low-level role as a matter of urgency and re-equip them with the Thunderstrike. Deliveries to No.100 and No.139 squadrons commenced in February 1968 but by April 1st only seven aircraft had been received and these early production machines had varying standards of both engines and nav/attack systems but the photo-shoot held on April 1st at least gave the impression that the aircraft had entered service but it was not until February 1969 that both squadrons were declared operational and available to NATO Sacuer. By this time, No.617 squadron at Scampton had also began to re-equip with the Thunderstrike S.1 and had moved to Wittering at the end of March 1969. During April 1969 all three squadrons took part in Exercise Clansman, a NATO exercise based on mock-attacks on several Scottish hydro-electric facilities, with all three squadrons returning exceptionally high scores for serviceability, penetration and bombing accuracy. Following this solid entry into service the Thunderstrike programme never looked back with orders placed for 60 Thunderstrike S.2's for RAF Germany plus 90 S.3's for RAF Strike Command as Vulcan replacements and a hugely successful export campaign saw the aircraft sold to Australia, Canada, India, Italy, Saudi Arabia and West Germany. Nurse, my medicene please. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the ThunderstrikeS1 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the ThunderstrikeS1 folder into your main Decals folder. 3. From the EFFECTS folder move the three 'Olympus' files into your Effects folder. 4. From the PILOTS folder move the TSRSeat folder into your Pilots folder. 5. From the SOUNDS folder move the two 'Oly' files into your Sounds folder. 6. From the WEAPONS folder move the AS-30 folder into your Weapons folder. COCKPIT Please note that this mod uses a slightly modified stock Phantom pit with the pilot position altered and the air-to-air modes disabled. Cockpits and Avionics are not my thing so I'm open minded to any suggestions for improvements but please note that I do like to make my mods as simple as possible so rivet counters need not apply. CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Massive thanks to bongodriver for bringing the TSR.2 to the Third Wire Community. Genius! It's impossible to improve on his outstanding TSR.2 add-on so this version is just a different flavour. Equally massive thanks to sundowner for the awesome skins on this version and, indeed, on all the TSR.2's plus his developed versions... check them out! And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 3 - February 6th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 04/05/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] BAC Lightning F.6N 'NATO' BAC Lightning F.6N for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2:Europe This mod is meant for those without the Strike Fighters 2 Expansion Pack 2 (for Strike Fighters 2 Europe) and is a simple mod of Russouk2004's superb BAC Lightning F.Mk6 from the SF1 archives to give a fictional F.6N (N for NATO) in service with four NATO air forces (Italy, The Netherlands, Spain and the UK) in a 1966 to 1988 timeline. Unfortunately, the 3D model has some issues with decal bleed on the vertical tail and also with shadow 'ropes' but I've elected to leave shadows ON. I've had a play with the FM by pasting in some Third Wire Lightning DNA including adding 'ghost' outer wings to allow for this 3D model having a one-piece wing whereas the Third Wire Lightning has a two-piece wing and I've also fiddled with the mass fractions to distribute the weight. It flies really nice and will perform a 'hands free' take-off (flaps down, throttle up, brakes off) with the usual ability to supercruise and climb supersonicly. As this mod is meant for those without the Strike Fighters 2 Expansion Pack 2 I've used the pit from the stock F-4B Phantom. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the LightningF6N folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the LightningF6N folder into your Decals folder. 3. From the SOUNDS folder drag and drop both files into your Sounds folder. Bingo Fuel! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Massive thanks to Russouk2004 for creating the Lightning F.Mk6 a real British thoroughbred. Thanks also to Sundowner for the silver/NMF Lightning skin used for all eight skins with tail markings pasted on top by yours truly. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - January 28th, 2024 Submitter Spinners Submitted 04/03/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] McDonnell Douglas F-15A 'Italiano' McDonnell Douglas F-15A_AMI for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of the stock F-15A to give a fictional F-15A in service with the Aeronautica Militare Italiano during the 1980 - 2010 timeline and includes markings for 18° Gruppo, 37° Stormo. You'll need to have SF2E for the F-15A LOD's (not included) but SF2I owners will have the option of using the F-15A_Baz with minor editing. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-15A_AMI folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-15A_AMI folder into your Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - February 8th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 03/28/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] Republic F-7S Thunderstorm Republic F-7S Thunderstorm for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of the stock MiG-23P to give a fictional Republic F-7S Thunderstorm in service with the Aeronautica Militare during the 1970-2005 timeline and includes the famous 'Devil' markings of 6 Stormo (154 Gruppo). You'll need to have SF2E for the Mig-23P LOD's (not included) and the pit from the F-105D_66 is used to get you flying. Radar and avionics are not my thing so forgive me if I've overlooked something but I like to make my mods nice and simple, just like me. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-7S folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-7S folder into your Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - February 9th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 03/22/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] Northrop/McDonnell Douglas F-23J 'Tora' Northrop/McDonnell Douglas F-23J for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of Dels' excellent F-23A 'Black Widow' to give a fictional F-23J 'Tora' (Tiger) of the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force with markings for the 302nd Hikotai in a retro 'Zero' scheme (suggested by Canadair). BACKSTORY (This backstory was for my Israeli F-23 but explains why the Black Widow ended up in the land of the Rising Sun). With the success of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom and F-15 Eagle in Heyl HaAvir service the Israeli's were hoping that the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas F-23A 'Black Widow' would win the USAF's ATF competition to continue their relationship with the McDonnell team at St. Louis but unfortunately Lockheed Martin's victory in the ATF competition looked like bringing an end to a long and enduring partnership. However in a brave move, in May 1991 the Northrop/McDonnell Douglas team secured permission from Congress to actively market the F-23 to (State Department) 'approved' nations and offered a single-seat multi-role version called the F-23I (International) to Germany, Japan, Israel and the UK. With Germany looking for any excuse to get out of the Eurofighter consortium and facing high reunification costs they persuaded the UK to team up in a combined purchase of 200 F-23I's. In return, this led to the German and UK Governments persuading Northrop/McDonnell Douglas to make BAe and MBB prime sub-contractors for any further export sales. However, with only 200 F-23I's on order Northrop/McDonnell Douglas were not convinced that it was enough to start a viable programme but the breakthrough came in January 1994 when, due to increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the USAF agreed to purchase 100 F-23A's for PACAF (the air component of United States Pacific Command) and this move finally saw Japan and Israel also join the programme with 100 F-23I's each. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-23J folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-23J folder into your Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Massive thanks to Dels for this superb add-on aircraft - one of the very best. Special thanks to Canadair for suggesting the retro Zero style F-23J. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - February 12th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 03/20/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] Vought F-8EJ Crusader (JASDF) Vought F-8EJ Crusader for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2:VIETNAM This is a simple mod of the stock Crusader F-8E to give a fictional F-8EJ in service with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) during the 1964 - 1985 timeline with markings for; 203rd Hikotai (overall grey). 302nd Hikotai (overall blue with sharkmouth). BACKSTORY After a long selection process the Vought F-8EJ was finally selected by the JASDF in 1962 as its standard interceptor-fighter. With it's impressive unrefuelled range, reliable Pratt & Whitney J-57-P-20J engine and powerful Magnavox APQ-94J radar the F-8EJ served with a total of eight JASDF squadrons with initial deliveries commencing in late 1964. Compared to the superb multi-role F-8E, and because of Japan's own 'self-defense' status and imposed peace treaty terms, the F-8EJ was stripped of much of it's surface-attack capability but gained a modified APQ-94 radar, wing-mounted AIM-7E Sparrow missiles and also had a very useful anti-ship capability (deemed acceptable as being an 'anti-invasion' capability) and all eight 'Hikotai' had maritime attack and reconnaissance as a secondary role. The F-8EJ's served until the mid-1980's with the 302nd Hikotai being the last to surrender this very popular aircraft in JASDF service in 1985. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-8EJ folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-8EJ folder into your Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - February 13th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 03/13/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] Dassault Mirage 5 - Indian Air Force Dassault Mirage 5 'Inde' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 (Merged) This is a simple mod of the stock Dassault Mirage 5D to give a fictional Mirage 5 in service with the Indian Air Force during the 1970 - 2000 timeline with markings for; No.1 Squadron - 'Tigers' (in a camo scheme). No.24 Squadron - 'Hawks' (in a silver scheme). INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Mirage5IA folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Mirage5IA folder into your Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - February 11th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 03/08/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] McDonnell Voodoo FAW.4 - RAF McDonnell Voodoo FAW.4 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of erikgen's superb McDonnell F-101B Voodoo to give a fictional Voodoo FAW.4 in the markings for the famous 'Treble One' Squadron of the Royal Air Force during the 1960's. This revised upload now adds a second skin (No.74 Squadron) and a nifty fixed in-flight refuelling probe. BACKSTORY Delays in the English Electric Lightning programme and the rather pedestrian performance of the Gloster Javelin encouraged the McDonnell Aircraft Company to offer various versions of their outstanding Voodoo aircraft to the RAF initially with the F.1 single-seater and FAW.2 two-seater for RAF Fighter Command and followed by the FR.3 single-seater reconnaisance aircraft for RAF Germany and the improved FAW.4 two-seater for Fighter Command. Entering service in 1961 the Voodoo FAW.4 served with three squadrons of RAF Fighter Command and supplemented the earlier FAW.2's in the air defence role. Normally armed with two De Havilland Skystorm radar-guided missiles and two Fairey Firestorm infra-red heat-seeking missiles the Voodoo FAW.4's were a quantum leap in performance over the Gloster Javelin and remained a popular type in RAF service right up until their retirement in 1981. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the VoodooFAW4 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the VoodooFAW4 folder into your Decals folder. 3. From the PILOTS folder drag and drop the VoodooIFR folder into your pilots folder (this is the IFR probe so is optional). 4. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the AIM-4K, Skystorm and VoodooFAW4_Tank folders to your Weapons folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Special thanks to the legend that is erikgen for producing the Voodoo in all its variants and to Column5 for the FM. Special thanks also to yakarov79 for making the IFR probe for me. Thanks also to the creators of the Genie and Falcon missiles that I've tweaked and rebadged (just for a giggle). And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - March 4th, 2023 Submitter Spinners Submitted 02/21/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] Republic Aviation Thunderstreak FB.4 Republic Thunderstreak FGA.1 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2:EUROPE This is a simple mod of the stock Third Wire F-84F in Strike Fighters 2:Europe to give a fictional Thunderstreak FGA.1 with markings for the following squadrons; No.67 Squadron, Royal Air Force Germany No.71 Squadron, Royal Air Force Germany INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the ThunderstreakFGA1 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the ThunderstreakFGA1 folder into your Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - November 18th, 2023 Submitter Spinners Submitted 02/16/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] General Dynamics Falcon FG.3 General Dynamics Falcon FG.3 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of the Viper Team's superb two-seat F-16D to give a fictional Falcon FG.3 with markings for No.41 and No.54 squadrons of the Royal Air Force. Please note that the 3D model does have a minor shadow issue and whilst shadows can easily be turned off I've chosen to leave them on... so just fly the damn thing! [Shadow] CastShadow=TRUE <<<<< Change to FALSE ShadowCastDist=5000 MaxVisibleDistance=500 INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the FalconFG3 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the FalconFG3 folder into your Decals folder. 3. From the Weapons folder drag and drop the enclosed folders into your Weapons folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Special thanks to the Viper Team for creating this Falcon two-seater. In this revised upload I've included the AAQ-14 LANTIRN pod by the legend that is ravenclaw_007. Thank you! And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - January 11th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 02/14/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] Gloster Javelin F.Mk56 'Dhanush' Gloster Javelin F.Mk56 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of the Veltro2K's superb Gloster Javelin to give a fictional Javelin F.Mk56 'Dhanush' of the Indian Air Force with markings for the equally fictitious No.36 'Trishula' squadron and, in this revised upload, I've also included markings for No.14 Squadron (Bulls). BACKSTORY The expansion of the Indian Air Force during the mid-1950's saw the planned procurement of the Hawker Hunter fighter-bomber and the English Electric Canberra bomber in substantial quantities but Indian Air Force planners saw the lack of an all-weather interceptor as a problem and urged the Indian Government for increased funds for a suitable aircraft. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru initially blocked the idea but soon agreed to allow a delegation from the Gloster Aviation Company to make a presentation to the Indian Government and the Chiefs of the Indian Air Force. With the end of the Javelin production line looming Gloster were proposing two new export version of the Javelin Mk8 to India - the F.Mk55 (Sapphire-enginned) and F.Mk56 (Avon-enginned) versions. Indian Air Force chiefs were very enthusiastic about the possibility of having its three main combat aircraft use the same jet engine (albeit the Javelin's Mk.205 Avon engines had a simple afterburner fitted) and urged Nehru to proceed with the purchase of 80 aircaft but Nehru demanded to meet the Gloster delegation himself to thrash out terms. Gloster cannily sent Graeme Kimmage, who had attended Cambridge University with Nehru, to conduct the negotiations and eventually secure a deal for 80 Javelin F.Mk56's. Entering service with No.36 'Trishula' squadron based at Pathankot in 1958 the Javelins only really became a complete weapon system when mated with the indigenous 'Baan' (Arrow) air-to-air missile which entered service in 1960. From this time the Javelins quickly earned the most appropriate nickname of 'Dhanush' (bow) and saw limited service over Goa (in the recconnaisance role) but played a major role in the 1965 war with Pakistan claiming several kills including three F-86's, one F-104 and six B-57's. However, with the MiG-21 entering service the Javelin's days were numbered and the Javelin force slowly faded away and by 1975 the popular and legendary 'Dhanush' had gone for good. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Javelin56 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Javelin56 folder into your Decals folder. 3. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the 'BAAN' and 'TANK300_JAV' folders to your Weapons folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Special thanks to the prolific Veltro2K for producing 'the harmonious dragmaster'. Thanks also to Paulopanz for the excellent skin used in this revised upload. Thanks to ghostrider883 for suggesting the 'Dhanush' and 'Baan' names and for suggesting the serial numbers used. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - 14/06/2020 Version 1 - 12/02/2010 Submitter Spinners Submitted 02/12/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] McDonnell Douglas Phantom F-4L (USMC) McDonnell Douglas F-4L (USMC/USN) Phantom for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of the stock Third Wire F-4M_75 to give a fictional USMC Phantom F-4L with markings for VMFA-333 'Shamrocks'. Also included is a USN VF-111 scheme that generally uses stock decals but is included here to give a blank F-4L tail for you to do other squadrons by using stock decals. It goes without saying that you will need to have the F-4M_75 from SF2:Europe. BACKSTORY With all the considerable design effort being put into the marriage of the Phantom airframe and the Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engine McDonnell Douglas thought it might be a good idea to propose a version to the US Navy to allow the Phantom to operate from the smaller carriers that were limited to F-8E Crusaders. In June 1966 the designation F-4L was given to the proposed Spey-powered Phantom and in October 1966 an initial order for 130 F-4L's (USN/USMC) was made, followed by an unexpected export order of 30 F-4L's for the Royal Australian Navy. Deliveries to the US Navy commenced in February 1969 with VF-24 becoming the first operational squadron followed by VMFA-333. By this time the wisdom of operating such a relatively large aircraft on the older, smaller carriers was being questioned and most F-4L's served aboard the larger carriers or with land-based units. When the decision was made not to re-equip the USMC 'fighter-attack' Phantom squadrons with the hugely expensive Grumman F-14A Tomcat, McDonnell Douglas pushed hard for low-rate production of the F-4L to continue specifically for USMC use and they were eventually successful meaning that production continued until 1976 with an eventual total of 306 F-4L's being built. Apart from Australia, F-4L's also served with the Royal Air Force where 15 ex-USN F-4L's were sold to the UK Government to allow the formation of an additional home-based Phantom squadron to release a squadron for the defence of the Falkand Isles. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-4L_75 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-4L_75 folder into your Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - February 17th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 01/24/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] McDonnell Douglas F-4M USAFE McDonnell Douglas F-4M (USAF) Phantom for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2:Europe This is a simple mod of the stock F-4M_75 to give a fictional USAFE Phantom F-4M with markings for all three squadrons of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath during the mid 1970's. BACKSTORY During late 1966 with the USA getting more and more embroiled in the Vietnam war it was decided to re-equip several USAFE units with the British licence-built F-4M so as to release older tactical aircraft such as the F-100D and F-105D for Vietnam where attrition was now a very serious issue. McDonnell Douglas had already brought together a UK sub-contracting team consisting of BAC, Hawker Siddeley, Rolls-Royce (for the Spey turbofan engines) and Shorts with final assembly and flight testing being carried out at St. Louis but, with one eye on the European market, McDonnell Douglas moved final assembly to Brough (North Humberside) with flight testing at Holme on Spalding Moor. This decision came a bit late for the Royal Navy whose F-4K aircraft continued to be assembled and flight tested in the USA but all F-4M's were produced in the UK with all odd production numbers being allocated to the RAF and all even numbers to the USAFE with Lakenheath and Bitburg becoming the first USAFE wings to re-equip with the type. Entering service with the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in England in 1970 the F-4M's received a modest upgrade during 1973-1974 to emerge with the Marconi ARI18228 RWR mounted on the fintip and also gained 'slimer' formation-keeping strip lights. The USAF F-4M's had a relatively long career with USAFE and were eventually replaced by F-15E's during 1990 and just missed out on participation in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-4M_74 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-4M_74 folder into your Decals folder. That's it! CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - February 16th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 01/23/2010 Category What If Hangar