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The forgotten Thunderbird. A fictional skin for the P-47D based on the early F-84F & G Thunderbirds.

This is a repaint of the *2021* Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, The Thunderbirds.  Included are numbers 1-8 as well as a few spare paints, reflecting the current pilots of the real team. Now updated to reflect the #2 pilot.

Updated 2021 paints here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3314276/
This is a repaint of the 2020 Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, The Thunderbirds.  Included are numbers 1-8 as well as Operation America Strong repaints, and a few spare paints, reflecting the current pilots of the real team.

Official color of the USAF Thunderbird's hangar.

Fictional Retro Thunderbird

F-16C smoke mod (wingtip smokewinders included as of v1.035) made by Razor. Current version: v3.0; Tested in DCS World: OpenBeta v2.7.5.10869

Fictional USAF Thunderbird skin for the FC3 F-15C. Includes #1-6 and a spare with no number.

The Flying Wardens of VMFA-304 have had an exceptionally colorful history, flying everything from the F4F Hellcat and AD Skyraider to the RA-5C Vigilante and the F-35D Lightning II. Between their stints with the Skyraider and Vigilante they operated the A-4 Skyhawk, providing close air support to Osean and Aurelian forces against communist insurgents in the latter country's northern jungles. VMA-304 notably was the squadron with the only Marine Corps ace of the war not to fly the F-4 Phantom or F-8 Crusader, with Capt. Luis Avery shooting down two enemy aircraft with an A-1 and four with his Skyhawk. After three tours in the Aurelian Sea the squadron would be redesignated to RVMAH-304, becoming the sole Marine Corps squadron to operate the RA-5C and one of three equipped with any form of the Vigilante (along with VMAH-63 and VMAH-174 flying the A-5B non-nuclear variant) and would later operate the A-6E Intruder as VMA(AW)-304 and the F/A-18D Night Attack and F-35D as VMFA-304

Established in 1922 as Fighting Squadron Three the Fighting Seawolves of VF-20 have led an exciting and tumultuous life as a squadron even before the 1990s. from their stint in the F4U-6 Super Corsair during the Second Osean War to their use of the F-4 Phantom in support of the Aurelian Air Force during the early parts of the 1967-1973 South Osean War. In 1971 they became the fifth squadron (excluding new establishments like VF-77 and VF-130) to transition to the brand new F-14A Tomcat and brought it into combat during their final cruise of the war. In early 1976 they were once again upgraded, this time to the F-14A+. The squadron made the first kills for the new variant on their 1980-1981 WESTPAC cruise, engaging and destroying two MiG-23 "Floggers" and an Su-24 "Fencer" of the Estovak Air Force during a few skirmishes. This aircraft, BLACKFISH 205 (BuNo. 163051), was responsible for the Sukhoi kill with LCDR Ethan "Thorn" Rose up front and LTJG Luke "Chip" Walsh in the back seat

Thanks again to JacobBadshot for the 106 template

On February 2nd, 1970 an F-106 of the 71st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron was conducting routine ACM training when it entered a flat spin, the pilot ejecting after he could not regain control of the aircraft. Interestingly the ejection shifted the Delta Dart's center of gravity far enough back for it to exit the spin and the pilotless aircraft glided to a soft landing in a Montana farmer's field, leading to its nickname. 58-0787 was recovered and served until 1988 when it was transferred to the National Museum of the United States Air Force where it remains on display to this day