gray eagle
SOH-CM-2025
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Before the internet and cellphones.....
At sea, we got mail thanks be to COD.
Before the internet and cellphones.....
At sea, we got mail thanks be to COD.

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Nice picture!Before the internet and cellphones.....
At sea, we got mail thanks to the COD.
Nice picture!
Also hi-lined along side the oiler / ammo ship when un-reping. The small boys got it that way, but later helos could go from an un-rep ship direct to the cruisers / destroyers with their mail.
No issue with you creating the textures you want Deke....just keep in mind in my next version that I’m working on, some texture naming and layout may change as I try to address some of the anomalies so if you take another “cut” you may need to rework your original textures accordingly.
This worked straight out of the box for me (adjusted sequence for a stand alone cfg.):
[formation.0]
title=USS Hancock CV-19
unit.0=USS_Hancock_loaded, 0, 0
unit.1=VEH_Robison, -600, -400
unit.2=USS_CA-68_Baltimore_1950, 600, 400
unit.3=DD445_ai, 0, -200
unit.4=Kaman_SH-2C/D_Seasprite, 60, -10
[formation.1]
title=USS Oriskany CV-34
unit.0=USS_Oriskany_loaded, 0, 0
unit.1=VEH_Robison, -600, -400
unit.2=USS_CA-68_Baltimore_1950, 600, 400
unit.3=DD445_ai, 450,-1200
unit.4=Kaman_SH-2C/D_Seasprite, 60, -10
[formation.2]
title=USS Shangri-la CV-38
unit.0=USS_ShangriLa_loaded, 0, 0
unit.1=VEH_Robison, -600, -400
unit.2=USS_CA-68_Baltimore_1950, 600, 400
unit.3=DD445_ai, 450,-1200
unit.4=Kaman_SH-2C/D_Seasprite, 60, -10
When I extracted the files for the Essex Class carriers, I do not have a text file with AICarriers.cfg entries. Should there be one? NC
All set to move aboard the Intrepid (CVS-11) for the Med Cruise.
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That's a piece of some serious history. Great story.I was crew on the 1964 pickups of 'Gemini 3' - Grissom and Young. Somewhere in my junk I have the toggle off of Gus Grissom's life vest.
navy81, my great-grandfather was aboard the Wasp between 1965 and 1966, they had only Stoofs, Spads, and Seakings. When do you think you'll be done with that project? It looks very nice!
Gray Eagle,
I didn't know you were a 'Sea King'. When were you there? I was in HS-3 from 3/62 to 6/65 (electronics/sonar/aircrew) and from 2/69 to 1/70 (aircrew). Got 'selected' to be one of the ones to populate the reactivation of HS-7 in Quonset Point in 1/70. Sort of a shock to going from Norva to Quonset in January.
Yep, second time around the name and patch had been changed from 'Sea Kings' to 'Tridents'. And the helos had been painted white over grey. I was crew on the 1964 pickups of 'Gemini 3' - Grissom and Young. Somewhere in my junk I have the toggle off of Gus Grissom's life vest.
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Joe
Along with the air wing model. I will provide instructions.Oh, so this "CIMOGT's essex class carriers" is all I need?