AI B52

[mykv]

Hiya chaps, I am a newbie on this here forum and would like to ask if anyone has done an AI B52 BUFF and if anybody knows if one has been done for Fairford UK. I would like to populate this airfield with a couple of BUFFs and a couple of Air-to Air Refuelers, KC135 and an E3 Sentry. I can remember the days driving past this particular airfield and seeing this assortment of aircraft on the aprons. And my scenery for Fairford is rather de-nuded of aircraft and devoid of vehicles as well. Many thanks in advance, Myk

[maddog65]

Welcome to the forums!
Currently there is no true AI B-52 but you never know if one will appear.
Some people have made there own from flyable models while they are not true AI they at least give a small representation. You can also get the Alphasim B52 which also has a AI version (again it is not true AI) which is okay if you have a few of them around at least on my rig. I am not sure if there is any repaints for Fairford UK on the KC-135 and the E-3 maybe somebody else will chime in.

Les

[mykv]

Many thanks for your reply Les, it is a pity that there is currently no B52 BUFF as AI. I will look at Alphasim as per your suggestion, and see if I can do something with it.
I am a complete novice at this AI lark and in putting extra aircraft/scenery into current airfield/airports. I take my hat off to those of you who have mastered this here dark art of AI and extra scenery. And I hope I can learn from your various forum posts here and of course the Learning centre and from good people like yourself. Ok it may take me a bit longer than others to be able to get some/most things into this thick head of mine and to be able to grasp most things that you all will say to me. But heyho Rome wasn't built in a day. Cheers Myk

[kungfuman]

As far as repaints are concerned, take your pick: Fairford is only used to host temporary detachments, so any USAF repaint from the time that you're trying to re-create is plausible. If you know specifically which KC-135 and E3 units passed through Fairford during whichever Gulf War (I presume that is what you're trying to re-create), you could see whether any of them are included in the MAIW packages, and use those repaints.

[mykv]

Sorry Kungfuman I am not sure of which units were based at Fairford and I was not trying to recreate Fairford for any WAR period, but rather to populate the airfield as I had seen it when driving past or having certain types of aircraft on approach/departure when they were passing overhead. Unfortunately the current airfield afcad does make the field rather sterile and I would like to improve the scenery. By adding AI aircraft that I know were there and also some Vehicles and figures. It is rather a pity that some good airfield makers tend to leave out the good eye candy that was or is at those fields. I know I am an absolute beginner at this type of affair , but we all started somewhere. And I hope to learn from some of the best.

On a personal note, I note your home field EGGD, do you know of the group that meets once a month in your area. And has a prolific site of members.

Cheers myk