Tigershark_BAS 0 Posted October 1, 2003 LOL...I think the point of Ebuds post was to make everyone realise....as I stated in my initial post, that this has been a joint retexture between Ebud and myself. Save some praise for him please :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acecombat 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Wow nice textures , and finally now i can call in airstrikes for Air Cav soldiers Kudos to TS .....and Ebud too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MLF 0 Posted October 1, 2003 amazing great work again TS,Edbud shame that the napalm is a bitch to script. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ozanzac 0 Posted October 1, 2003 LOL...I think the point of Ebuds post was to make everyone realise....as I stated in my initial post, that this has been a joint retexture between Ebud and myself.Save some praise for him please :-) Whoops, didn't intentially mean to leave you out in my praise for the Skyraider, ebud. OK, just to make sure noone else gets left out in my praise for this addon, I want to thank BIS for developing and supporting our favourite game, Codemasters for publishing it, the guy on the production line at Gateway for.................... Well, Thanks to everyone who has ever had a helping hand to give Ebud, Tigershark and Footmunch the tools necessary to bring us this great addon. I am literally drooling on my keyboard as I go over the pics once more. I thank you all! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
john_mcclane 0 Posted October 26, 2003 Any update on the status of the reskinned version? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Consigliere 0 Posted October 26, 2003 From a website on the A-1...selected passages:The Skyraider experience was far from over, however. USAF units began flying the Skyraider in Vietnam in 1964 and by the end of 1972, the last of the A-1s of the 1st Special Operations Squadron were turned over to the VNAF and the rest, as they say, is history. In those eight years of operations, the Air Force used the Skyraider for a variety of missions. There were A-1 squadrons which flew exclusively at night to interdict truck traffic along the Ho Chi Mihn trail. Other squadrons were supporting General Vang Pao and his loyalists in Laos. Army special operations were also supported by A-1s on priority missions. The common bond between all A-1 squadrons was SAR. In my opinion, there could not have had a better aircraft for the search and rescue mission than the A-1 Skyraider. Still another high priority mission for the 1st SOS in the final year was support of "special operations" in Laos. These were protecting the insertion and extraction of special teams in the border area. These missions could either be boring as hell or so busy that you wished you had another set of hands. IIRC there was actually a version of the Spad which could carry a small number of passengers (I think it was 4 or 6), perhaps this is the version which was used with Special Forces for insertion/extraction... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Baphomet 0 Posted October 26, 2003 If it's bigger in size and detail than footmunch's a-1, then I still like his better, for functionality reasons. Still.. nice work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Major Gripe 0 Posted October 27, 2003 From a website on the A-1...selected passages:The Skyraider experience was far from over, however. USAF units began flying the Skyraider in Vietnam in 1964 and by the end of 1972, the last of the A-1s of the 1st Special Operations Squadron were turned over to the VNAF and the rest, as they say, is history. In those eight years of operations, the Air Force used the Skyraider for a variety of missions. There were A-1 squadrons which flew exclusively at night to interdict truck traffic along the Ho Chi Mihn trail. Other squadrons were supporting General Vang Pao and his loyalists in Laos. Army special operations were also supported by A-1s on priority missions. The common bond between all A-1 squadrons was SAR. In my opinion, there could not have had a better aircraft for the search and rescue mission than the A-1 Skyraider. Still another high priority mission for the 1st SOS in the final year was support of "special operations" in Laos. These were protecting the insertion and extraction of special teams in the border area. These missions could either be boring as hell or so busy that you wished you had another set of hands. IIRC there was actually a version of the Spad which could carry a small number of passengers (I think it was 4 or 6), perhaps this is the version which was used with Special Forces for insertion/extraction... I thought the spec ops were inserted by helicopter with the A-1 providing covering ground fire for a hot LZ, AFAIK the passenger carrying version was just used as transport between bases. Quote[/b] ]In 1963, the U.S. Air Force began a program to modify the Navy's AD-5 Skyraider for service in Vietnam and re-designated it the A-1E. In the aircraft's middle compartment can be readily equipped with passenger seats, facilities for litters or provisions for carrying heavy cargo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
