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  1. No worries! Thanks for getting back to me. Please consider it in the future. If anything, it would be great to have an airport like Ancona that's situated right in the centre of the Italian peninsula
  2. Apologies. I've made what I hope is a fairly comprehensive entry here. I hope it would be the right "wish list" section. Thank you for taking onboard and bringing this theatre/map to the community
  3. @OnReTech Request for: Ancona Airport (Falconara Marittima - Raffaello Sanzio) Ancona served as a C-130 crucial logistical hub during humanitarian missions like the airlift to Sarajevo. No fighter squadron took off from there, however was a major staging and departure point for US and UN C-130 for many years during the conflict. It is a small but full of character airstrip, adjacent to an oil refinery with a beautiful mountain (Mount Conero) in its proximity. It would be of both great historical value, as well as beneficial for gameplay purposes, giving that the latest DCS module is indeed the C-130 Hercules. With Ancona airport serving as key hub for the glorious C130, I think adding this airport to the map should be be unmissable (Over the years it has also been used by Tornado squadrons, PAN -Frecce Tricolori-, Apache squadron etc) Bosnia Airlift Operation 1993 document (archive source at the bottom): Airport Location and Maps view Archive Images: (Please note, during the conflict the glass and steel structure present today, had not being built at the time - photo comparison below) (Please note the extreme close proximity to a major oil refinery in the above picture, making it a very interesting landing/departing point) Airport terminal / hub comparison 1990s Bosnia theatre operation and today (please note the absence of the new glass/steel terminal): Sources Bosnia Airlift Operation 1993 document source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/404513557 Pictures sources: https://nara.getarchive.net/media/a-us-air-force-c-130-hercules-rolls-for-takeoff-from-ancona-airport-for-a-relief-a1ebaa https://nara.getarchive.net/media/a-us-air-force-c-130-hercules-taxis-down-the-ramp-at-falconar-airport-as-it-70eb57 https://picryl.com/media/a-us-air-force-c-130-hercules-lands-at-falconar-airport-after-returning-from-57c28 https://nara.getarchive.net/media/cargo-is-loaded-onto-an-usaf-c-130-hercules-at-the-port-city-of-ancona-italy-879222 https://nara.getarchive.net/media/a-french-c-130-from-ancona-italy-taxies-on-the-runway-at-sarajevo-airport-it-816259 If you will require any further information please do not hesitate to contact me
  4. Amazing news, definitely looking forward to this map. To the ED team, would you please consider adding Ancona airport please? Although no fighter jet/combat sorties took off from that particular airport for the Balkan war, Ancona proved to be a crucial logistical hub for the U.S and their C130 during humanitarian missions like the airlift to Sarajevo. Giving the latest module released is in fact the glorious C130... It would be awesome to have that historical airstrip available in the game too (it's a pretty small, but full of character little airport). Below, a C130 from the 37th Airlift Squadron taking off from Ancona to Sarajevo for a relief mission, resuming the three year old effort, after a five month hold following the aircraft receiving ground fire over Sarajevo. Cheers
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