The Iranian F-4E lacks a corresponding Iranian KC-135 tanker

[Buzzer1977]

Having seen in some prerelease footage, that the F-4E will come with a Iranian livery as well, there should be a corresponding KC-135 for Iran.
But there is no Iranian KC-135 in DCS, only a Iranian KC-135MPRS, and both lack Iranian liveries.

This should be a easy one to fix. 

1) Add IRN to the KC-135 config file
2.) Grab a free IRIAF and a IIAF livery and add it to DCS, or ask @sadjad-vosoul to provide one of his great liveries.

This shouldn't be much of a big deal, but would improve DCS authenticity a lot.
 

[speed-of-heat]

I think @sadjad-vosoul unfortunately took down his liveries, so they are no longer available 

[Kalasnkova74]

7 hours ago, Buzzer1977 said:

Having seen in some prerelease footage, that the F-4E will come with a Iranian livery as well, there should be a corresponding KC-135 for Iran.

 

Iran never operated the KC-135.

Under the Shah they purchased modified KC-707s and KC-747s. Interestingly they were the only country to ever operate a 747 tanker.

Of course neither aircraft is modeled in DCS, so properly fixing this means adding a KC-707 tanker. Incidentally this benefit Israeli scenarios too (via the Re’em tanker). 

A  KC-747 would be nice for novelty , but I doubt the development  ROI checks out given only one nation flies it. 

 

[Buzzer1977]

3 hours ago, Kalasnkova74 said:

Iran never operated the KC-135.

Under the Shah they purchased modified KC-707s and KC-747s. Interestingly they were the only country to ever operate a 747 tanker.

Of course neither aircraft is modeled in DCS, so properly fixing this means adding a KC-707 tanker. Incidentally this benefit Israeli scenarios too (via the Re’em tanker). 

A  KC-747 would be nice for novelty , but I doubt the development  ROI checks out given only one nation flies it. 

 

 

 

 

a KC-135 would be a sufficient KC-707 replacement. The difference is minor. It's basically the same aircraft with just a few inches difference in fuselage diameter and a few ft in length.

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, Buzzer1977 said:

It's basically the same aircraft with just a few inches difference in fuselage diameter and a few ft in length.

different engines too  

[Ironwulf]

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