Stratos Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 No idea if this is the proper place to request a skin, but I'm reading about MiG-21 use during Soviet-Afghan war and will like to fly one of this cammoed Fishbeds used during operations in Afghanistan. Thanks! I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
tsb47 Posted February 12, 2015 Posted February 12, 2015 Davai, davai! Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit | i7-4790K@4GHz | 8GB RAM | GTX970 347.52
Paradox Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 I would like to know much more about MiG-21s in Afghanistan. I thought by then they were pretty keen on the MiG-23 for the strike fighter role and the afghans didn't have very many aircraft to intercept.
Stratos Posted February 13, 2015 Author Posted February 13, 2015 Fishbed were used in the first stages as strike aircraft both by Soviet AF and Afghan AF (those Afghan ones escorted by soviet airpanes to prevento defections). I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
Kobymaru Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 I would like to know much more about MiG-21s in Afghanistan. I thought by then they were pretty keen on the MiG-23 for the strike fighter role and the afghans didn't have very many aircraft to intercept. "The Afghans" that you mean didn't have any Aircraft at all. The Afghan (soviet) government had a few Mig-21 and other aircraft, but they sided with the Soviets. The Mujahedeen were guerilla fighters who obviously did not have any airplanes.
Paradox Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 "The Afghans" that you mean didn't have any Aircraft at all. The Afghan (soviet) government had a few Mig-21 and other aircraft, but they sided with the Soviets. The Mujahedeen were guerilla fighters who obviously did not have any airplanes. Yes I know that. I'm interested in the employment of MiG-21 in the strike role by Soviet forces.
Paradox Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 Fishbed were used in the first stages as strike aircraft both by Soviet AF and Afghan AF (those Afghan ones escorted by soviet airpanes to prevento defections). Interesting. Are there any specific named battles or sorties that you can think of that I might research where Soviet (or Afghan) MiG-21s played a significant role? The upshot of this is that I'd like to research things like typical armament/ doctrine and the kind of ground forces that they would be employed against. I'm guessing you'd send fast strike aircraft against targets that are expected to be too hard for the helicopter forces to deal with, high concentrations of MANPADS and the like.
Stratos Posted February 13, 2015 Author Posted February 13, 2015 Interesting. Are there any specific named battles or sorties that you can think of that I might research where Soviet (or Afghan) MiG-21s played a significant role? The upshot of this is that I'd like to research things like typical armament/ doctrine and the kind of ground forces that they would be employed against. I'm guessing you'd send fast strike aircraft against targets that are expected to be too hard for the helicopter forces to deal with, high concentrations of MANPADS and the like. This is part of a fantastic book on the subject. Will love to have both Soviet and Afghan skins, but will be happy with the soviet one. I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
Home Fries Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 Stratos, those would be pretty sweet patterns. Do you have the top and starboard side profile views as well to get the pattern correct? -Home Fries My DCS Files and Skins My DCS TARGET Profile for Cougar or Warthog and MFDs F-14B LANTIRN Guide
Stratos Posted February 13, 2015 Author Posted February 13, 2015 Stratos, those would be pretty sweet patterns. Do you have the top and starboard side profile views as well to get the pattern correct? Unfortunately not for the soviet birds, will keep searching. For the Afghan ones this model is pretty acurate. I don't understand anything in russian except Davai Davai!
1.JaVA_Platypus Posted February 13, 2015 Posted February 13, 2015 We are all eagerly awaiting the layered template. Leatherneck has it and they stated several times that they will release it when EDGE comes out. After that... Whuuhuuu!!! :cheer3nc::punk: Waiting waiting...:pilotfly: Happy Flying! :pilotfly:
Starway Posted September 21, 2016 Posted September 21, 2016 I know this thread might be a bit old now, but I am still looking exactly for those skins (Soviet ones from the first post). Has anyone made one in the meanwhile? Best, SW System: Intel Core i5 3570K | GTX 980 OC | 16 GB DDR3 1600 | 500 GB SSD
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