CURRENT VERSION IS NOT IN THE GAME. If you want to use this skin, you need to rename it in the description.lua (at the bottom) to something different, for example:
name = "12th Combat Aviation Brigade Weathered UPDATE"
countries = {"USA"}
AH-64D assigned to the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, Serial No. 0905596
UPDATED 18.11.2023, found some more reference pictures and updated the skin
19.11.2023 added pilot patches, big thanks to lee1hy for helping me with .lua
25.09.2024 added RoughMet textures and few missing details
I had a chance to see this aircraft up close back in 2021 in Czech Republic, at NATO days 20th anniversary. Took bunch of pictures and tried to make the skin as accurate as possible, including changing serial and pylon numbers.
Skin also includes slightly edited textures of the M261 rocket pod, M299 rail, and both Helfire versions.
Comparison pictures had their brightenss and tone slightly edited, since it's impossible to perfectly match the weather from the photos in DCS. The rest of screenshots are unedited, only a bit of Reshade.
Installation:
Unzip and place the "12th Combat Aviation Brigade Weathered" folder in: -your user name-\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Liveries\AH-64D_BLK_II (In case you don't have the Liveries and AH-64D_BLK_II folders, create them)
In the game, you'll find the skin as "12th Combat Aviation Brigade Weathered", under USA country. Name and country can be changed at the bottom of the .lua file.
If you have any guestion or find any mistake in the skin, let me know through the forum link, otherwise, I won't get any notification, thanks.
https://forum.dcs.world/topic/337824-12th-combat-aviation-brigade-weathered/#comment-5328630
