This is like the similar argument between FS9 and FS10. There were thousands of add on's for FS9 when FS10 rolled out and now the opposite is true, to where fewer developers are doing any FS9 and almost exclusively FS10. It has everything to do with an evolving market and while there will remain to be FS9 flyers, they will be stuck with a stagnant availability of add on's.

DX10 and up offers many more features and I venture to say that with their next OS becoming available, XP will completely fall off their RADAR for support. I loved XP when it was out and the workhorse OS and it wasn't until WIN7 came out, matured, that I finally gave up XP. I haven't regretted my decision ever since.

Anyway, I suspect you will see less and less supporters of XP, forcing you to either upgrade or continue treading water in a shrinking pond.

Matt

I'm have to add the F-15A to this. The product page says 1979, and the F-15 went into service in 75 or 76. They would have been rushed to Iceland to augment the F-4C/E already there.

True. A war like that would surely have changed things as far as which squadrons had what, and were stationed where.

I'm sure we'll be able to add stock cockpits to make the AI's flyable ??? Can't have a true turkey sim without Hawkeyes !

On the other hand it is a waste of time to fly the Hawkeye as long as the game doesn't support Airborne radar missions for the Player.

F-4s, A-4s, F-15As, F-16As, will all be flyable w/ merged install, and you can add them to campaign using the campaign editor.

Once he finishes the Tomcat, his stable will be pretty much complete. He's got the F-15, the F-16, and the F-4. The Cold Warhorses are all there. No need for an F-18, then.

I will have all the planes I'd ever need at that point.

Maybe the Hawkeye will be the source of radio messages ? e.g. vector to nearest target ???

Eh, Tom Clancy novel aside, I don't think there was any serious air threat to Iceland in a real Cold War baring nukes (well, that was a threat everywhere) or the USN losing a major naval action (scenario presented in the game). What threat there was would be from bombers at the edge of their range, and without fighter escort. I think the USAF would have committed all its top of the line dogfighting F-15As to the air campaign over Germany, and left the defense of Iceland to 2nd line interceptor-type aircraft: F-4s, backed up by F-106s.

To the extent you can use the term in reference to a hypothetical scenario, F-15As in Iceland in 1970/1980 would have been unrealistc.

Uhm thats not true. I remember having very low FPS with DX9 and much better FPS with DX10. Plus better shadows and stuff.
Honestly XP is almost 10 years old..get yourself a grip and enjoy Win7.