Israeli Defense Force: Fight for Independence is a Total Conversion modification for the PC game Battlefield 2 (A.K.A. BF2). What we aim to achieve with this mod is to immerse the player into the historic wars involving Israel, Syria, Egypt, and Jordan, which are the 6-Day War, the War of Attrition, and the Yom Kippur War. The player will be able to play as a common soldier, crewmember, or pilot in these wars. The mod will feature historically accurate equipment such as the famous Russian AK-47, the fearsome SO-4050 bomber, the menacing IS3 and M48 tanks, and much, much more. Also, the maps will recreate actual battles that happened in these wars, to complete a historically-accurate and immersive modification. IDF:FFI is also a member of the acclaimed cooperative gaming studio Black Sand Studios.
We share with you today two new Israeli planes that were crucial in War of Attrition and Yom Kippur War air battles. The A-4 Skyhawk and F-4 Phantom. These are updated models and the textures are very high resolution. The cockpit models have also been improved.
The F-4 in particular gave the IAF a huge boost in capability. It could carry a massive amount of weaponry, including modern smart weapons, sensors and cameras and perform multiple combat roles. At the time the Phantom had no equal in terms of versatility and combat power. Although as the Americans learned in Vietnam, the mighty phantom could be beaten in close quarter dogfights by smaller and more nimble Soviet made fighters like the Mig-21 and even the older Mig-17.
As a really interesting side note the Israel's where working with the Americans under the Peace Jack program to develop a special high-performance reconnaissance F-4 phantom, this would have been called F-4X. It would have had specaily modified engines with a water injection system and new engine inlets which in theory have given it a top speed in excess of Mach 3 (over 2,000 mph (3,200 km/h) at high altitudes)!! The nose would have had the very advanced HIAC-1 LOROP camera. The US State Department became worried about developing an aircraft with performance similar to the SR-71 Blackbird and offensive capability beyond anything in domestic inventory for a foreign customer and forbade its export. The proposal was then modified to the RF-4X standard with the camera in the nose and removal of weapon carriage. However, the US Air Force withdrew from the project over concerns that a high-performance Phantom would jeopardize funding for the anticipated McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle.
If you are interested here is a really great article on the F-4X phantom program, which would have been the fastest and probably the ultimate phantom variant.
Very nice modernized F-4 Phantom. The texture looks awesome too. Good job.
Love that "shark tooths" texture!
Good work
Is it possible to create a standalone version for IDF:FFI?
cool!
Sad that they didn't add Napalm to it lol
I wanna see Egyptian Forces burn in their Capture point lol.