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Wings at War is a series of wargames rules for recreating air combat using 1/600th scale aircraft models. Each set of rules is for a specific conflict or campaign, with games designed to last around one or two hours.
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Battle of Britain Painting Guide. The standard RAF scheme was dark green and dark earth disruptive pattern with light grey code letters either side of the fuselage roundel.
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Defence of the Reich rear fuselage bands were introduced for fighters in 1944. Initially this consisted of a single red band but in early 1945 orders were issued for each Jagdgeschwader to have its own combination of one to three bands in various colours. It seems likely that most units ended up using JG 300's triple blue/white/blue bands.
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Wings at War is meant to present players with decisions that are both tactical (pilot level) and operational (force commander level) as well as providing a satisfying dose of the frustrations inherent in what is, though increasingly less so, a pretty random form of war.
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The sun flashed on sharply swept wings as they banked into a steep dive and headed directly for the Americans. Within seconds the enemy jets shot through the American formation but superior experience and skill enabled the US pilots to manoeuvre an escape and …
BONUS GAME - Desert Spitfires - wings at war
In January 1949 a ceasefire was agreed and the Israeli Independence War was over, though its struggle for independence was not. A recommended read is the book Spitfires Over Israel by Brian Cull, Shlomo Aloni and David Nicolle. click above to download Desert Spitfires.
air combat wargames rules for the Independence War 1948-49 using the Wings at War system - for use with Tumbling Dice ‘Vapour Trails’ 1/600 scale aircraft -
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An improved MiG-15 with a sharper swept wing and a much more powerful engine, the MiG-17 was one of the best subsonic fighter planes. Though much slower than enemy fighters the MiG-17's superior agility made it a tricky opponent in a close quarter dogfight.
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Vietnam War Painting Guide. From August 1965 the US Air Force changed from bare metal to a three colour camouflage scheme of medium green, dark green and tan. B-52s used blue green instead of the medium green. Radar equipped types had black radomes. The majority had very light grey undersides but some ground attack planes had a 'wrap around ...
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The more advanced swept-wing F-86 Sabre was kept back to protect the American homeland from incursion by Soviet atom-bomb wielding bombers. Once China joined the fray and introduced the MiG-15 the Americans were forced to rush into combat the F-86 equipped 4th and 5th Interceptor Wings.