Indonesian A-4E & H Skyhawk Pack for Strike Fighters 2 v2.0
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*** SF2I required for A-4E_Ahit_73 and A-4H_Ahit_73, tested in full 5-merged installation ***
In 1980 Indonesia started Operation Alpha, a secret operation to acquire upgraded ex-Israeli A-4E Skyhawks. Back in 1973 these planes had been upgraded under project Crystal with ECM, RHAW, countermeasure dispensers, updated weapons delivery system, updated navigation system, a HUD and an extended tailpipe. Starting in 1980 they bought 14 singleseaters (TT-0401 to TT-0414) and 2 TA-4H-doubleseaters (TL-0415 and TL-0416). All A-4/TA-4 were then used by SkU 11 (Indonesia Skadron Udara 11). After 1 Skyhawk was lost (Number TT-0407) an additional plane was delivered (TS-0417) in 1981. All of them were painted in a unique blue/gray camouflage with high-viz markings. In 1982 Indonesia bought an additional 16 A-4E (TT-0431 to TT-0446), which became operational with SkU 12 and were painted in SEA-colors with the same camouflage pattern as the blue ones and high-viz markings. In 1999 2 ex-US Navy TA-4J were the last Skyhawks to be bought by Indonesia and got tailnumbers TL-0418 and TL-0419.
In 1995, all remaining Skyhawk were joined under SkU 11 and were painted blue/grey with all markings in a new low-visibility scheme. At some time, the Operation Alpha logo was applied on the tailfin and a short time before retirement black markings (insignia and some servicemarkings) were introduced. In 2004 the Skyhawk was retired and replaced by 2 russian-made Su-27SK and 2 Su-30MK Flanker, with occasional apprearences after that.
In game you will find 3 planes:
A-4E Skyhawk (Indonesia)
A-4H Skyhawk (Indonesia) (Blue Camo)
A-4H Skyhawk (Indonesia) (Brown Camo)
The real planes were ex-IDF A-4E, with the rounded fintip, 30mm DEFA-cannons, extended tailpipe and a mix of bent and straight refueling probes. As there is no such combination in game, Skins are in for A-4E_Ahit_73 and A-4H_Ahit_73 + Fakepilot Probe as closest stand-in. The A-4H skins had to be split up in 2 seperate planes, with the texture for the bent fakepilotprobe being the only reason.
This pack contains 3x Blue Skins (HighViz, LowViz with bright markings and LowViz with dark markings) and 1 Brown Skin (HighViz).
The SkU12-Squadron Patch should be seen as stand-in, as there seem to be no good-quality pics available.
Sources
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- US Navy and Marine Corps A-4 Skyhawk Units of the Vietnam War, Osprey 2007
- Scooter! The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Story, Cr閏y 2011
- A-4 Skyhawk Association, http://a4skyhawk.org/
- the Internet, for the very few information and pictures available.
Installation
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1. unzip to a temporary folder
2. copy 'Objects'-folder from the zip to your mods 'Objects'-folder, if asked to overwrite, say 'yes'.
3. enjoy!
If the Squadrons are missing in the loadout screen, you should add the following lines in the squadronlist.ini ("<mod>\pilotdata"-folder) with XXX changed to the next 2 free numbers:
[SquadronXXX]
Name=SkU11
DisplayName=Skadron Udara 11
Nation=INDONESIA
[SquadronXXX]
Name=SkU12
DisplayName=Skadron Udara 12
Nation=INDONESIA
Credits
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- Thirdwire and TK for a great game, nice models and skins
- dtmdragon Idea and basic Mod
- Nyghtfall Skins, Decals
- Dev A-Team of Capun
- CB Productions
Thanks
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- Soulfreak, for your decalpattern, which was a BIG help to improve the baseskin and fill it with "life"!
- Blowhard, for the weathering-tutorial at http://www.eaf51.org/Photoshop/Tutorial/Basic_Weathering.htm
- all modders at CombatAce for their work and inspiration!
P.S.
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If you have any problems with this skin or have suggestions and hints, feel free to PM dtmdragon or Nyghtfall.
07_11_2014
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