US Navy VF-142 Skin Pack

EDIT: With the pending release of additional skin packs, this thread is now obsolete. Further updates can be found in this thread.

This is the first in a series of US Navy and Marine Corps skin packs for the FJ-3/FJ-3M Fury, the navalized variant of the F-86 Sabre (the M version being Sidewinder capable). The idea of this series is to have a single skin for each squadron, and separate decals for each side number (Modex). The last 4 digits of the serial number (BuNo) use the USAF serial number to allow for dynamic BuNos, though the side number must be selected by choosing the skin itself. This will allow a common Modex pool and a single texture for each squadron, thereby allowing you to employ an entire squadron in a mission while keeping the hard drive and in-mission RAM footprint to a minimum.

Fighter Squadron 142 (the Fighting Falcons, not to be confused with the VF-142 Ghostriders that was designated in 1963) flew the FJ-3M Fury for a short time (1956-1958), including a deployment on the USS Hornet (CVA-12) as part of Carrier Air Group 14 (CVG-14) before returning to NAS Miramar and transitioning to the F8L1-1 Crusader. This skin pack features skins from the 1957 Hornet deployment (CVG-14 Tailcode A) and the return to Miramar (1958) prior to transitioning to the Crusader. The 1958 skin displays the CVG-14 Tailcode NK, which replaced A once the US Navy went to 2 letter tailcodes.

Screenshots (note the different side numbers):

And some custom pilot details:

The skin pack is available on the DCS File Repository.

Looks great! Well done HomeFries

VERY cool. Always loved the Fury.

Thanks for the comments, fellas. Jocko, I'm a big fan of your Canadian F-86 skins, so this means a lot coming from you.

The file is now available for download. See the OP for the link.

VF-142 is updated to version 1.1

Change Log:

• Applied bare metal to leading edges and adjusted tail graphic and SPEC files to match
  
• Updated 1957 tail to purple instead of black
  
• Changed intake color from Insignia white to bare metal