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FSX Lockheed EP-3E (Team FS KBT) - Bat Rack.zip by baernhard
I really like this repaint; nice job View attachment 5846
If baernhard doesn't mind, I would like to do a slight variation on this texture:
A little bio:
A U.S. Navy Lockheed EP-3E Orion (BuNo 149678) of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-1, circa in 1970.
149678 had been delivered as a P-3A to Patrol Squadron VP-44 on 29 October 1962. In May 1963, 3 P-3As (BuNo 149669, 149673, 149678) were obtained by the CIA from the U.S. Navy under Project STSPIN, as replacement aircraft for CIA's own covert operation fleet of Lockheed RB-69A Neptunes. Converted by Aerosystems Division of LTV at Greenville, Texas, the 3 P-3As were simply known as "black" P-3A under "Project Axial". Officially transferred from the USN to the CIA in June-July 1964, LTV Aerosystems converted the 3 aircraft to be both ELINT and COMINT platforms. The first of the 3 "black" P-3As arrived in Taiwan and was officially transferred to the ROCAF's top secret "Black Bat" Squadron on 22 June 1966. Armed with 4 AIM-9B Sidewinder missiles for self-defence, the 3 "black" P-3As flew peripheral missions along the PR China coast to collect SIGINT and air samples. When the project was terminated in January 1967, all 3 "black" P-3As were flown to NAS Alameda for long term storage. 2 of the 3 aircraft (149669 and 149678) were converted into the only 2 EP-3B versions in existence by Lockheed at Burbank in September 1967, while the third aircraft (149673) was converted by Lockheed in 1969-1970 to serve as a development aircraft for various electronic programs. The 2 EP-3Bs were known as "Bat Rack", owing to their short period of service with Taiwan's "Black Bat" Squadron, were issued to US Navy's VQ-1 Squadron in 1969 and deployed to Da Nang, Vietnam. Later, the 2 aircraft were converted to EP-3E ARIES, along with 10 EP-3As. 149678 was finally retired on 10 January 1987.
A little history on VQ-1
http://www.coldwar.org/histories/HistoryofUSNavyFleetAirReconnaissance.asp
I really like this repaint; nice job View attachment 5846
If baernhard doesn't mind, I would like to do a slight variation on this texture:
A little bio:
A U.S. Navy Lockheed EP-3E Orion (BuNo 149678) of Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron VQ-1, circa in 1970.
149678 had been delivered as a P-3A to Patrol Squadron VP-44 on 29 October 1962. In May 1963, 3 P-3As (BuNo 149669, 149673, 149678) were obtained by the CIA from the U.S. Navy under Project STSPIN, as replacement aircraft for CIA's own covert operation fleet of Lockheed RB-69A Neptunes. Converted by Aerosystems Division of LTV at Greenville, Texas, the 3 P-3As were simply known as "black" P-3A under "Project Axial". Officially transferred from the USN to the CIA in June-July 1964, LTV Aerosystems converted the 3 aircraft to be both ELINT and COMINT platforms. The first of the 3 "black" P-3As arrived in Taiwan and was officially transferred to the ROCAF's top secret "Black Bat" Squadron on 22 June 1966. Armed with 4 AIM-9B Sidewinder missiles for self-defence, the 3 "black" P-3As flew peripheral missions along the PR China coast to collect SIGINT and air samples. When the project was terminated in January 1967, all 3 "black" P-3As were flown to NAS Alameda for long term storage. 2 of the 3 aircraft (149669 and 149678) were converted into the only 2 EP-3B versions in existence by Lockheed at Burbank in September 1967, while the third aircraft (149673) was converted by Lockheed in 1969-1970 to serve as a development aircraft for various electronic programs. The 2 EP-3Bs were known as "Bat Rack", owing to their short period of service with Taiwan's "Black Bat" Squadron, were issued to US Navy's VQ-1 Squadron in 1969 and deployed to Da Nang, Vietnam. Later, the 2 aircraft were converted to EP-3E ARIES, along with 10 EP-3As. 149678 was finally retired on 10 January 1987.
A little history on VQ-1
http://www.coldwar.org/histories/HistoryofUSNavyFleetAirReconnaissance.asp
