FS 2004 - CFS 2
Fairey
Swordfish 2004
5 textures, 2 models, multiresolution, damage
textures, yoke animation, VC, spoilers, tailhook, wing fold, tires
and suspension animation, center gear rotate, (nice and good in frs),
breakeable, more details than the version cfs2.
(Fotos)
- (Galleries of pictures)
Fairey
Swordfish FS2004
5 textures, 2 models, multiresolution, damage
textures,VC, spoilers animation, tailhook, wing fold and supension
animation, breakeable, (nice and good in frs).
Fotos
- Galleries
of pictures
Fairey
Swordfish CFS2
FS 2004
Gloster Gladiator
3 textures,
Multi-resolution (6 LEVELS), VC, damage textures, canopy animation,yoke
animation, wheel rotation, breakeable.
(nice and good in frs).
CFS 2
Gloster
Gauntlet v.2
Multi-resolution, VC, damage
textures, door animation, wheel rotation, breakeable, (nice and good
in frs).
(Fotos)
- (Galleries
of pictures)
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Operation Red Fox
23 Jan 1968 - 05
Feb 1969
On 23 January 1968 North Korean patrol boats seized the USS Pueblo,
a US Navy intelligence-gathering vessel, in the international waters
of the East Sea off Wonsan. One USS Pueblo crewmember was killed in
the boarding and 82 were taken POW and held captive. The seizure, which
took place a mere two days after a commando intrusion into Seoul, shocked
the whole world, and there arose strong public demand in the United
States for firm retaliatory action against North Korea. North Korea
made the utmost use of the Pueblo incident in its crafty propaganda,
believing that the United States, deeply involved in the Vietnam War
then, would not be able to use the force of arms on the Korean Peninsula.
Between 26-31 January 1968 several 9th Air Force active units deployed
to the Pacific in response to North Korea’s seizure of USS Pueblo: the
4TFW sent 72 F-4Ds, the 354TFW sent 18 F-100s, and the 363TRW sent six
RB-66s. In addition, several 9AF-gained ARC units were recalled to active
duty: the 113TFW and 107th, 113th, 121st and 177TFGs. The 334th and
335th Fighter Squadrons, equiped with F-4 Phantom II fighters, rushed
to Korea to support operations during the Pueblo incident. The squadrons
returned to Seymour Johnson in June 1968. F-106 fighters were briefly
deployed to Osan AFB in Korea in March of 1968 to provide air defense
during the Pueblo incident.
The 347th Tactical Fighter Wing was activated at Yokota Air Base, Japan
on 15 January 1968 . The mission was to provide air defense for the
islands of Japan. Units assigned were the 34th, the 35th, and the 36th
Tactical Fighter Squadrons (TFS); and the 556th and the 6091st Reconnaissance
Squadrons. Aircraft assigned were the F-105 Thunderchief, the F-4C Phantom
II, the EB-57 Canberra, and the C-130 Hercules. Between 23 Ocobert 1968
and 05 February 1969 all of the 347th Tactical Fighter Wing's F-4Cs
were deployed to bases in South Korea to participate in the US response
to North Korea's abduction of the USS Pueblo.
Six Air Force Reserve units were mobilized in the wake of the Pueblo
Incident. The 120th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Colorado Air National
Guard was ordered into active Federal service as a result of the Pueblo
incident, along with three other F-100 tactical fighter squadrons: 136th
Tactical Fighter Squadron, New York, 174th Tactical Fighter Squadron,
Iowa, 188th Tactical Fighter Squadron, New Mexico. The 120th Tactical
Fighter Squadron entered combat in Vietnam on 5 May 1968, two days after
its arrival, and completed its 1,000th mission 51 days later. During
the Air National Guard's eleven months of service in Vietnam, the four
F-100 squadrons flew 24,124 combat sorties and accumulated 38,614 combat
flying hours.
The 445th Military Airlift Wing was activated after the Pueblo was
seized, on January 26, 1968. The activation of the 445th found many
support personnel stationed at eight different stateside bases and aircrews
flying more missions to Europe, the Caribbean, South America, and Southeast
Asia. The Wing remained activated in support of the Pueblo incident
for seventeen months until released from active military service on
June 2, 1969. For superior performance and dedication during the Pueblo
incident, the 445th Military Airlift Wing received its first Air Force
Outstanding Unit Award.
Eleven months after the seizure North Korea repatriated 82 Pueblo crewmen
and one set of remains to the United States through P'anmunjom. Upon
signature of the US admitting to espionage in the coastal waters of
the Sea of Japan, the 82 POWs were freed. Upon their return on 28 December,
1968, the crew was treated poorly by the public and the military and
only in 1990 did they receive the POW ribbons to which they were entitled.
The ship remains in Wonson Harbor, North Korea.
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