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Back To Page 1 Q. What members of the original development team worked on this? What was their part in the development of IL2:FB? A. I’ve been personally involved with the IL-2 Sturmovik line of sims for quite a few years now. I’ve known Oleg Maddox for quite some time and we’ve become friends long before the […]
Just Flight – Battle Over Europe
Expansion Add-on for IL-2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles by Mark “Raz” Long and Doug “Uther” Lawrence A couple of years ago, many flight sim enthusiasts knew very little about air battles that occurred over the Eastern front. Up to that point, most WWII offerings to the sim market had been based on events in Western Europe. As a […]
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Back To Page 10 Soon, I can see the Sochi-Adler airfield, it looks so beautiful from the sky. And I whisper a prayer for Kemal. This valiant Turk, were it not for him I would have died in Muqtadeh’s hands this night. He put his own life at risk for me… a woman he does […]
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Back To Page 9 I must call my friends. I will use GUARD, they will be listening in case one of them is shot down. I use the call sign given me by the American A-10 squadron. “Allied aircraft, allied aircraft, this is Snowbird! This is Snowbird in Syrian aircraft! I am friendly, I […]
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Back To Page 8 As I turn onto the runway, one of the A-10s is releasing bombs… …onto the tank farm north of me. I ram the throttles into their stops… …as it disappears in a huge mushroom cloud. Go To Page 10 Related posts: A LOMAC Mission Report: The Great Escape A LOMAC […]
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Back To Page 7 Standing there is a large man, with a long beard and a Kalashnikov slung across his chest. His breath is foul. He harangues me in Arabic, wildly gesticulating. I stand transfixed. He hits me in the helmet again, staggering me and points to the MiG, still yelling. When I do […]
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Back To Page 6 “Colt 1-1, IP.” “Two, running in.” “Springfield flight, one minute to IP.” “788, IP.” Colonel Martin smiled into his oxygen mask as his RWR lit up with the first questing trace of the SA-8 missile system. They’d all arrived on time. And now, it’s showtime. Martin kicked left rudder, putting […]
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Back To Page 5 I dress hurriedly. Kemal has brought me my G-suit, and helmet. They are in surprisingly good shape. He also has a sand-brown flight suit emblazoned with a scorpion and Arabic writing. It just fits, and I raise my eyebrows at my benefactor. “Syrian. One of their pilots is here. He […]
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Back To Page 4 “Ops, Dice 3. Show line 1 crew-ready.” He still held the crackling portable radio in his hand as he stood in front of green-painted 109 on the flight line, impassively watching two harried technicians running the last ops checks on a Maverick. To his right, another tech wiped down the canopy […]
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Back To Page 3 “I tell you nothing!” I spit on the floor at his feet. “Turkish dog!” He takes no notice, sitting on the corner of the bed. His brown eyes are gentle. “I have asked you nothing.” I wait, silently for him to continue. “Such a beauty. A pity you come as a […]
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Back To Page 2 The Russian Commander took the podium. “Our intelligence service has struck a blow for our cause. They have discovered a new plan by Muqtadeh and his cronies. They wish to hit the Canadian base at Gudauta, with MiG aircraft which they will paint to resemble Ukranians. In this way, they […]
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Back To Page 1 “What’s up, Super?” “This.” The Super thrust his clipboard at the younger man and began rattling off orders. “C.O.’s calling in the aircrews now and this just came down… it’s special loads. You remember that little Russkie gal that came over last month with the ordie packs for those 550 […]