[Mission_bug]

Hello Dixiecapt, have to say this re-work of my map is going to be truly outstanding, your attention to detail is superb. 8)

You'll be the darling of the jet age crew now they are going to have somewhere decent to play with all that fancy hardware they have. :wink:

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[Dixiecapt]

See all of those parking places on Chu Lai... Those are for mag-12's A-4's. *bounces eyebrows*

"If you build it they will come"

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Sure is looking real good there Dixiecapt, TOP work!

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[Dixiecapt]

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THE WASHINGTON POST
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1968
By Robert Kaylor

The Secret Is Out: U.S. Base Isnt Secret Any More

NAKHON PHANOM, Thailand (UPI)- The U.S. Air Force is waging a secret and unconventional phase of the air war in Southeast Asia from this base across the Mekong River from Laos.

The American pilots involved wear midnight-black flight suits and fly camouflaged twin-engine A26 bombers without identifying insignia. One of the seven U.S. bases in Thailand, theirs alone is cloaked in secrecy.

U.S. officials have disclosed that American pilots fly "armed reconnaissance" missions in Laos at the request of the Laotian government to prevent Communist infiltration over the Ho Chi Minh trail, which meanders several hundred miles down Eastern Laos.

Intelligence officers at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok said there are about 40,000 North Vietnamese troops in Laos assisting a force of about 29,000 Pathet Lao guerrillas, the Laotian equivalent of the Vietcong in South Vietnam. Laotian officials give the same figures. The number of troops in the Laotian army is about 75,000. In addition there are about 10,000 neutralists now fighting on the government side.

U.S. Commanders take the position that missions by the men of the 56th Special Operations Wing are an important countermove against North Vietnamese infiltrations and military intervention in Laos.

Clusters of machine guns bristled from the noses of the unmarked bombers covered with swatches of green and black camouflage paint.

In addition to the unmarked planes, there are other U.S. aircraft that are clearly identified as American and fly more conventional missions.

These include A1E skyraiders used for air cover in search and rescue operations for downed pilots in North Vietnam and Laos and helicopters which make jungle pickups.
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[Mission_bug]

Loving the further updates Dixiecapt, can't wait for the release of the map, you never know I might actually get in a jet and fly the map, especially if the A-4 has been released by then, it is one of the few jets I actually adore, although I guess I will have to give that Crusader a go also, more a prop lover personally. :wink: I really must have a look at those Invaders from freemodding, got Docholiday's version, not those. 8)

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[Dixiecapt]

[Mission_bug]

WOW, outstanding Dixiecapt, this just keeps getting more impressive by the day. 8)

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[LeBigTed]

Wow !!! Dixiecapt !!!

What an awesome and gorgeous work you did there !!!

This map is unbelieveble, can't wait for the release

BTW, which configuration of IL2 are you using : 4.09m, 4.10, 4.10.1... Will be a modpack required to fly this map or not ?

Anither time, congratulations for your hard work ;o)

Ted

[Dixiecapt]

I would suggest UP 3.0 or DBW, because that is what I have been using to build it. If you don't have such, its possible that some objects might not show up.

[Dixiecapt]

I'm getting close to a release for the 1968 version... Here is a list of what I have done so far.


Airbases
- Tay Loc (Hue)
- Phu Bai
- Khe Sanh Combat Base
- A-Shau Special Forces Base
- Peiliku
- Da Nang
- Chu Lai
- Bien Hoa (with an AI Helicopter mod workable heliport)
- NKP (Thailand) (

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I must say this again, that is looking real nice!
Am sure this will be one of them very few maps that
Will be what others that fallow will go by.

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[Fireskull]

Fabulous!

Really good all around work is there in all the images.

I especially am impressed with the realistic placement of the various objects. The bases look awesome.


Fireskull

[Mission_bug]

Outstanding as usual Dixiecapt, keep it going. :wink:

Just a few shots here of recent detail I've added to Saigon on the colonial version of the map, this is not on Dixiecapt's version.









This hopefully makes Saigon look a little more lived in.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[Mission_bug]

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Besides the additional detailing to Saigon here are some shots of further work by me and Anatoli.

Ther are now a total of eleven Camp Fortifie as Anatoli calls them, here are two images of some of the latest he has added to the colonial version of the map. Their positions are marked in Red on the map.



This one is at the end of one of the river courses that come inland from the South China Sea.



Superb as always Anatoli, thank you very much.

I've changed Bien Hoe slightly using a very grainy photograph to work from.




Detail at Dalat, the railway station has now been added also.



And Cam Rahn Bay.



The above shots are typical of the detail that will appear on the settlement
textures in some but not all parts of the map.

Wishing you all the very best, Pete.

[Deutschmark]

So I would like to ask something, how many modders are working on this map?,
I would just like to know so when I say thank you I know to all that am saying it to.

Its looking wonderful.

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