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View File [Fictional] Westland Whirlwind FB.2 Westland Whirlwind FB.2 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a very simple mod of the prolific Veltro2K's Whirlwind to give a fictional Whirldwind FB.2 in service with No.6 Squadron (the famous 'Flying Can-Openers') of the RAF's Desert Air Force. This mod is meant for SF2 and, ideally, you'll have Expansion Pack 1 for the stock 250lb bombs. More experienced WW2 modders will have access to more correct bombs but I just wanted this to be as simple as possible to install. This is an older 3D model that has a few problems that will not get fixed now so it's all released 'as is'. One possible problem that could be fixed by the community here is what sounds like the undercarriage collapsing when working up to rotation speed but this rarely affects your ability to complete the mission. I've played around with it and copied other aircraft's landing gear for ideas but I can't fix it. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the WhirlwindFB2 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the WhirlwindFB2 folder into your Decals folder. That's it! But you may need to add a suitable WW2 Pilot (not supplied). CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Special thanks to Veltro2K for all of his delightfully esoteric aircraft, this is just one of many! Check them out! Thanks also to Syrinx for the Whirlwind template which I lost back in 2016 when I suffered a complete data loss : ( And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - January 24th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 07/28/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] Dassault Mirage IIIC - Irish Air Corps Dassault Mirage IIICI 'Irelande' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a very simple mod of the stock Third Wire Mirage IIIC to give a fictional Irish Air Corps Mirage IIICI with equally fictitious markings for No.1 'Black Velvet' squadron. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Mirage3CI folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Mirage3CI 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 16th, 2023 Submitter Spinners Submitted 07/18/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] Hawker Hunter FGA.9 'Kiwi' (RNZAF) Hawker Hunter FGA.9 'Kiwi' for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of the stock Third Wire Hunter FGA.9 to give a fictional 'Kiwi' Hunter with markings for No.14 and No.75 Squadrons of the Royal New Zealand Air Force as they might have appeared during the 1960's. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the HunterFGA9nz folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the HunterFGA9nz 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 - January 9th, 2024 Submitter Spinners Submitted 01/09/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] McDonnell Douglas F-4E 'ADC' USAF McDonnell Douglas Phantom F-4E 'ADC' for Strike Fighters 2 This is a simple mod of the stock F-4E_72 to make a fictional interceptor version of the Phantom for service with the USAF in the 1973 to 1998 timeline. 'What if' markings for four ANG squadrons are included; 1. 111th Fighter Interceptor Squadron - Texas ANG 2. 119th Fighter Interceptor Squadron - New Jersey ANG 3. 186th Fighter Interceptor Squadron - Montana ANG 4. 198th Fighter Interceptor Squadron - Puerto Rico ANG BACKSTORY During early 1970 a USAF review of America's air defence assets highlighted the increasing obsolescence of several aircraft including the F-101, F-102 and F-104 and whilst early F-4C Phantoms were trickling down to the ANG units McDonnell Douglas could see an opportunity to sell an optimised 'Air Defense' version of the F-4E to the USAF to swiftly and cost-effectively modernise a large proportion of Aerespace Defense Command. During this time McDonnell Douglas had studied various single-seat or stripped-down versions of the F-4 for the German Air Force but for the USAF they proposed a version of the slatted F-4E with all air-to-ground capability removed, slightly more powerful 'clean burn' J79 engines, simplified air-to-air only radar and the new solid-state AIM-7F Sparrow missile offering longer range with its two-stage rocket motor. By this time the massive production run of the F-4 had meant that the fly-away unit cost for this simplified version of the F-4E made it one of the cheapest Phantoms ever and such was the confidence that the USAF had in McDonnell Douglas that in March 1971 they simply asked for a fixed-price quotation for 300 F-4E 'ADC' aircraft and ordered them in April 1971! First flown in June 1972 the F-4E 'ADC' were delivered in a smart and glossy 'air defense' grey scheme and entered service with the 198th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the Puerto Rico ANG in February 1973 replacing the F-104C's and F-104D's of that unit. Sadly, eight of the 198th's Phantoms were destroyed in a terrorist attack at Muniz ANGB in January 1981 and the unit operated several 'standard' F-4E's until 'ADC' versions could be allocated to them. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-4E_ADC folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-4E_ADC 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 - January 5th, 2024 Submitter Spinners Submitted 06/13/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] North American F-109A Retaliator North American F-109A 'Retaliator' for Strike Fighters 2 This is a simple mod of Julhelm's superb North American A-5A Vigilante to make a fictional 'Retaliator' interceptor-fighter in service with the USAF in the 1964 to 1988 timeline. There was actually several North American proposals for 'fighter' Vigilantes offered to the USN and to the USAF and it's a pity that the enormous potential of this amazing aircraft was never fully realised. Anyway, 'what if' markings are enclosed for three ANG squadrons; 1. 101st Fighter Interceptor Squadron - Massachusetts ANG 2. 159th Fighter Interceptor Squadron - Florida ANG 3. 186th Fighter Interceptor Squadron - Montana ANG BACKSTORY Development of the North American A3J-1 Vigilante progressed well during the late 1950's and the first flight of the YA3J-1 prototype in August 1958 revealed it to be a real thoroughbred, packed from nose to tail with outstanding technology. However, a strong faction against the Vigilante was forming within the USN arguing that strategic bombing was not part of the USN's business and North American decided not to assume that large orders for the 'basic' A3J-1 would follow and they began to look at other roles for the Vigilante. One line of development would eventually lead to the reconnaissance Vigilante (RA-5C) but another line of development transformed the A3J-1 into various fleet defender and ADC fighter options. Fortunately, the wing of the A3J-1 was designed for zero wind over deck launches and this resulted in a wing too large for low-level attack missions but ideal for a fighter. During early 1959 North American offered a long-range fighter version to the USN and USAF but had only a lukewarm response. However, following the cancellation of their F-108 Rapier in September 1959 things now became a bit more urgent for North American and they schemed a revised A3J-1 Fighter with uprated J79 engines and semi-recessed Sparrow missiles. Trying again in 1960 they received a firm no from the USN (who by then knew they had a winner in the F4H-1 Phantom II) but the USAF agreed to a detailed analysis of an optimsed land-based interceptor fighter (named Retaliator in May 1960) and in June 1960 they announced that the Retaliator was to be ordered as an immediate follow-on to the F-106 programme with 350 ordered although this figure was later reduced to 240. The prototype YF-109 flew on April 30th 1962 and production F-109A's entered service in late 1964 with the 5th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Minot AFB, North Dakota. The only export order was from Canada who ordered 60 in 1968 and these entered service with No.409 squadron in 1969 remaining in service until 1990. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-109A folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-109A folder into your Decals folder. 3. From the PILOTS folder drag and drop the F-109A_FuelPod into your Pilots folder. That's it! NOTES Julhelm's Vigilante comes with an authentic Vigilante pit so rather than just slap a Phantom pit into this bird I've used his pit and just tweaked the ini's for the interceptor-fighter role. I'm not the greatest on avionics but it works! In this revised upload I've chosen to include the Fuel Pod as a pilot (in the same way that we add a Fake Pilot) as I'd noticed my wingmen were jettisoning it when the action started even when adding NoJettisonTank=TRUE. I've also added AIM-9 Sidewinder's to the Retaliator's inner wing pylons. This aircraft needs/deserves a gun but I've resisted the temptation. However, you can add one if you like and the space from the redundant linear bomb bay could easily accommodate a neat M61 installation slap-bang on the centreline. CREDITS As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Big thanks to Julhelm for bringing one of my personal all-times favourites to the community. And thanks to Julhelm for also releasing his templates for ham-fisted amateurs like me to screw around with! And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 2 - January 3rd, 2024 Submitter Spinners Submitted 06/03/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] Saab-Fairchild F-13A Draken USAF Saab-Fairchild F-13A Draken for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a very fictional 'what if' Saab-Fairchild F-13A Draken in USAF service and with markings for the following; 1. 125th FW Florida ANG 2. 177th FW New Jersey ANG 3. 4451st TS Tonopah Test Range, Nevada I've used the excellent Draken J35D 'David' from the Draken pack uploaded at CombatACE by lindr2 to create this 'what if' USAF Draken but heartily recommend the Draken pack which has no less than 8 Drakens and is a superb effort by all concerned. In this update I've removed the grey skin and added a black skin for the 4451st TS at Tonopah. I've also added 'extra' pylons so as to be able to have date specific loadouts and also allow for selectable silver and black drop tanks with the black drop tanks a better match for the all black 4451st TS skin from 1982 onwards. For the F-13A's early service years of 1967 to 1968 you'll be limited to AIM-4D Falcons in the default loadouts... good luck with those! BACKSTORY During mid-1965 with attrition rates rising as the Vietnam conflict progressed (sic) the USAF's plans for re-equipping the ADC and ANG interceptor squadrons with F-4C's fell apart. Undaunted they launched a quick study into an off-the-shelf purchase of an alternative interceptor looking at the BAC Lightning, the Dassault Mirage IIIC, the Saab Draken J35F and the homegrown Lockheed Starfighter 'ADC' (an F-104G optimised for air-defense duties). With some considerable weighting given to low cost in the detailed analysis the Saab Draken soon became the front-runner being the only aircraft with a fly-away price below $1M but, in fact, the USAF study team scored the Draken highly in most areas. In July 1966 the USAF announced that Saab's outstanding J35F was the winner of the competition and that Fairchild, who had recently taken over Republic Aviation, were to partner Saab in producing the aircraft by now redesignated F-13 (despite objections from Fairchild to the 'unlucky' number although Saab didn't seem too bothered). Entering service with the Florida Air National Guard in March 1967 the F-13 was initially viewed as the poor relation by the F-106 squadrons, a situation that soon changed with the success of the F-13 in the 1970 William Tell competition. F-13's served until the mid-1980's when they were generally replaced by F-16A's although one squadron remained in service until 1990 at the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada in a ruse designed to mask operations of the F-117 Stealth Fighter. During the flight-testing and the early service years of the F-117A 'Nighthawk' the F-13A Draken was used as a surrogate aircraft to maintain pilot proficiency and to provide part of an eloborate cover story for the existence of the 4450th Tactical Group. Whilst in no way similar to the shape of the F-117A the rakish lines of the Draken did have an unusual planform and was therefore chosen as the 'cover' aircraft for the specially created 4451st Tactical Squadron based at Tonopah. It is believed that 18 F-13A's were given a modest refurbishment to extend their operational lives and initially wore a two-tone grey scheme to give them more of an operational 'front-line' appearance. F-13A's entered service with the 4451st TS at Nellis AFB in May 1981 and wore 'LV' tailcodes due to their proximity to Las Vegas. From about 1983 at least half of the F-13A's were re-painted matt black and operated from Tonopah at times of day to to coincide with the F-117A test programme and it became a deliberate policy to park some of the matt black F-13A's out in the open so as to give the impression that Tonopah was simply a normal operational F-13A base. At least four derelict ex-Florida ANG F-13A's arrived by low-loader and were given an overall coat of matt black paint to help maintain this impression. The F-13A's were extremely popular with the pilots of the 4451st TS and were often used as 'Red' assets in Red Flag exercises and even made the occasional guest appearance in 'Constant Peg' operations when MiG's became unserviceable or simply to provide dissimilar bogeys. As the F-117A gradually moved from 'black' to 'grey' towards the end of the 1980's the 4451st TS's F-13A operations slowly dwindled and the unit was disbanded on April 30th, 1990. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the F-13A_Draken folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the F-13A_Draken folder into your main Decals folder. 3. From the SOUNDS folder drag and drop both 'Avon' files into your SOUNDS folder. 4. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop both folders into your main WEAPONS folder. That's it! CREDITS I've lifted these credits from the Draken pack and also from the skin I've used. If I've left anyone out then please accept my apology and do not hesitate to contact me to allow me to amend this download. Lud von Pipper -- Lead 3D Modeller BPAO -- Additional 3D Modeling Sony Tuckson -- Textures and Decals Crab_02 -- Weapon and Drop Tank Models column5 -- Flight Model and INI files Matthew Ouellette -- Bare Metal Skin Jug - Landing lights, Taxi lights, ECM, Flares and Chaff mod. 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 3 - December 17th, 2023. Submitter Spinners Submitted 05/26/2010 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] Saab-Hawker Draken F.2A Saab Draken F.2A for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a 'what if' Saab Draken F.2A with markings for No.23 and No.25 squadrons of the Royal Air Force as they might of appeared in the 1980's towards the end of their career. I've used the excellent Draken J35D 'David' from the Draken pack uploaded at CombatACE by lindr2 to create this 'what if' RAF Draken but heartily recommend the Draken pack which has no less than 8 Drakens and is a superb effort by all concerned. For this revised upload I've made a simple grey skin and decals to create these RAF Drakens as they might have looked towards the end of their lives. I've used 1978 to 1991 as the 'in service' years, basically to utilise the British Skyflash missile and I've also tweaked the data.ini and also the loadout.ini to give RAF loadouts. The Draken itself was an amazing achievement and has a similar WOW factor to the contempory 'Century Series' of fighters - you just cannot believe it first flew in 1955... it just looks so cool! As much as I love the English Electric Lightning you must remember that the Draken had half the power but effectively did the same job plus another half-a-dozen! In addition, it cost dramatically less and it certainly required a fraction of the maintenance man hours! Suggested further reading - Saab Draken (chapter) 'Early Supersonic Fighters of the West' (Bill Gunston) INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the Draken_F2A folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the Draken_F2A folder into your main Decals folder. 3. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the TANK_DRAKEN_F2A folder into your Weapons folder. CREDITS I've lifted these credits from the Draken pack but if I've unwittingly left anyone out then please accept my apology and do not hesitate to contact me to allow me to amend this package. Lud von Pipper -- Lead 3D Modeller BPAO -- Additional 3D Modeling Sony Tuckson -- Textures and Decals Crab_02 -- Weapon and Drop Tank Models column5 -- Flight Model and INI files Matthew Ouellette -- Bare Metal Skin 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 3 - January 17th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 01/17/2009 Category What If Hangar  

View File [Fictional] Saab Draken F.1 Saab Draken F.1 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a 'what if' Saab Draken F.1 with markings for No.56 and No.74 squadrons of the Royal Air Force as they might of appeared in the 1960's in service with RAF Fighter Command. I've used the excellent Draken J35D 'David' from the Draken pack uploaded at CombatACE by lindr2 to create this 'what if' RAF Draken but heartily recommend the Draken pack which has no less than 8 Drakens and is a superb effort by all concerned. Apart from a simple bit of overspray onto the superb Bare Metal Skin I've simply used my decals to create RAF Drakens for No.56 sqd (The Firebirds) and No.74 sqd (The Tigers) and these two squadrons were never far away from each other during that era. I've tweaked the data.ini and also the loading.ini to give RAF style loadouts and also used the stock Su-7 drop tanks which are a good match. The Draken itself was an amazing achievement and has a similar WOW factor to the contempory 'Century Series' of fighters - you just cannot believe it first flew in 1955... it just looks so cool! As much as I love the English Electric Lightning you must remember that the Draken had half the power but effectively did the same job plus another half-a-dozen! In addition, it cost dramatically less and it certainly required a fraction of the maintenance man-hours! Suggested further reading - Saab Draken (chapter) 'Early Supersonic Fighters of the West' (Bill Gunston) INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the DrakenF1 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the DrakenF1 folder into your main Decals folder. 3. From the WEAPONS folder drag and drop the Firestreak1 folder into your Weapons folder. CREDITS I've lifted these credits from the Draken pack and also from the skin I've used. If I've left anyone out then please accept my apology and do not hesitate to contact me to allow me to amend this download. Lud von Pipper -- Lead 3D Modeller BPAO -- Additional 3D Modeling Sony Tuckson -- Textures and Decals Crab_02 -- Weapon and Drop Tank Models column5 -- Flight Model and INI files Matthew Ouellette -- Bare Metal Skin As always, thanks to Third Wire for a great little game/sim. Special thanks to russouk2004 for the Firestreak missile from his superb Lightning F.6 package and this is added just in case you don't have the Third Wire version. And, finally, thanks to everyone in the wider Third Wire community. Regards Spinners Version 3 - December 13th, 2023. Submitter Spinners Submitted 01/12/2009 Category What If Hangar  

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 Thunderstrike S.2 (TSR.2) BAC Thunderstrike S.2 for STRIKE FIGHTERS 2 This is a simple mod of bongodriver's outstanding BAC TSR.2 to give a fictional Thunderstrike S.2 strike aircraft in service with No.213 Squadron of RAF Germany during the 1970 to 1991 timeline. INSTRUCTIONS 1. From the AIRCRAFT folder drag and drop the ThunderstrikeS2 folder into your Aircraft folder. 2. From the DECALS folder drag and drop the ThunderstrikeS2 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 two 'Martel' folders 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 2 - February 6th, 2024. Submitter Spinners Submitted 04/07/2010 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