DAAB - DANIEL ABRAHAM
Admin.ini tweaking in it's infancy. Dan was a very big
contributor and booster. Elements of his contribution to the admin is still
present with the addition of all the extra buildings that were imported from
a never to be released sim. Site is still up. Blue&White.
No present information.
MITCH - MICHAEL JANSEN
A giant that is still a force in the skinning world although he has not been
active for a long, long time. His original skins are the basis for many of
the current efforts. Also created the landmark Admin 7 that is still the heart
of our present admin.ini file. Michael is a 3d designer by trade. His return
to the fold would be most welcome as we did not have the 3d key when he was
active, but we wish him well. Site is still active Mitch's
USA
JUPITER - MARK NEIL ANDERSON
Was there at the beginning and is still active today. The quintessential fan
and Guru. Master of all aspects of the game. Quarterback and chief architect
of Admin 8, and with tenacity, has dissected and polished the FM's of most
of the aircraft. Mission building like no other with specialized weapons and
a damn good skinner. Always there to answer questions. Perhaps sometimes with
a short fuse :-).
Mark please send picture and bio.
STORM - JEFF STOERMER
That's Storm on the right with Cpt. Alamo.
Perhaps the first admin.ini adjustment. The "fly any plane"
admin.ini. Also contributor to Admin 8.25. Still active on the boards and
gives us an occasional skin.
I'm 29, married to Dawn (7 years), and we have two children, Nicholas and
Emily. I've been in the U.S. Air Force as a Life Support Technician, for 11
1/2 years. My assignments have been to Hurlburt Field and Eglin AFB, both
in Florida. There I worked on many Special Operations aircraft and helicopters,
then when I moved to Eglin, I got my short stint with with F-15
Eagle. Currently, I'm stationed at Ramstein AB,Germany, where I'm now the
Life Support Instructor for the 86th Air Wing.
My simming interest began with Falcon (early 1980s), and steadily progressed, as did the flight sim community and games. Currently, my focus has changed to include SF:P1, IL-2 Sturmovik, BattleField 1942 and Medal of Honor:AA.
Outside of computers, I'm very big on military history and recreating that
through scale model building. Living here in Germany has allowed me to visit
many of the former battlegrounds, as well as collect several WWII artifacts.
tSTORM - CLASSIFIED
Perhaps the most important contributor. Without critical information and files
supplied by him, USAF would not be the sim it is today. No amount of hacking
would have revealed the information needed to continue the progress in most
areas if it were not for this patriot. I don't think a photo and bio would
be appropriate for this dedicated friend of the community to protect his anonymity.
DEMONCHILD - OLI MAANPAA
Deciphered the .p3d code to reveal the necessary names to activate
all the moveable and non movable parts of the 3d aircraft. This was key in
completing new 3d aircraft.
Oli is very talented young man. If you read this, please send us what you are doing lately and a picture.
DEUS_EX - CLASSIFIED
Very, very important 3d information and skinning techniques.
Enough said.
BEAMRIDER - BRENT
Beamrider (or Brent to those who know him outside
of computer stuff) lives in Edmonton, AB, Canada. Married and proud father
of 3, he works as a driver in the trucking industry.
His interest in computers started back in the early to mid 90's with the introduction of a cool new game called DOOM. His interest in sims and military aircraft began with a $20 copy of U.S. Navy Fighters, and on to include most of EA/Janes subsequent titles.
Other interests include basic HTML, 3D art and mods for USAF, tinkering around with computer programs/gadgets, and a little gaming, mostly offline. His favorite titles include USAF, Rogue Spear/Urban Ops, Thief 2, Longbow 2, and System Shock 2.
RAPTORMAN - MICHAEL MILLER
My
name is Michael Miller, just turned 32 this past July and I live in the Fraser
Valley of British Columbia, Canada. I have always had a fascination with flight
both natural and human-made. I began flying for my private license when I
was 16, but had to give it up when my eye-sight started to change for the
worse (1987). So, career change. Went to university got degrees in zoology
and biology and now work as a contracting biologist studying birds. I am to
be married on the 2nd of September of this year to a wonderful women, Karena.
We live with two dogs and two cats, and until recently, with a cockatiel who
passed on (fly high Ray!). I love making skins! Terry, McFly, gave me the
help to get started and have worked at it ever since. I have met a lot of
great people in this forum. Let's keep up the good work. The photo is of me
with an adult female Bald Eagle which was illegally taken from the nest as
a chick and was raised by somebody in captivity who probably wanted a "cool
pet". As a result, her behaviour was unpredictable and non-releasable,
but she was still healthy. What a pity...
TOP GUN - WHAT'S YOUR
REAL NAME?
Long time
fan and booster.
BIO: Married, 33 wife is Jessica, son is Derek, Dog is Dunkin.
I work for Customer Service for Bauer Nike Hockey taking Custom orders for
the United States.
Hobbies are: Sims(Duh!)Hockey, planespotting, and my family
SLIKK - DAVID TAYLOR
Father of Super Pro, master of the administration file. Contributor extrordinaire.
My name is David Taylor or (Slikk) to those who know me on line. My hobbies
are USAF, Mohaa, & Cars I am in the music business and I own a recording
studio. I have been recording records and playing live concerts for many years
but now I prefer to be behind the scenes. I first started using computers
to help with my business and then shortly after that I got into flight sims.
My first flight sim was F-19 Stealth fighter it was terrible compared to today's
flight sims the graphics were bad and all of the objects in the game were
wire framed but back then I was just glad to be able to do something like
that on a computer. I have been modding for years but when USAF came out I
thought that this was a sim worth digging in to. It looked grate but the game
play was not what I wanted it to be so I started fixing this & that and
before you know it I was spending countless hours trying to help make USAF
what it is today.
USCOLMRNE - LUKE GALARRAGA
Hi
my name is Luke Galarraga. Most of you know me for the F-4 skins I made, or
the Tomcat and some Hornet skins I made for Janes F/A-18. I am 17 1/2 years
old, I am going to college and I am goin to be in the NROTC program and soon
to be a midshipmen for the Navy Sea Cadets Corps, in four years hopefully
I will be a Naval Aviator(sorry AF guys, I am more used to Naval standarts
blame Top Gun and my NJROTC Senior Naval Science Instructor lol). I dont really
have a good picture of me. As in for jobs, ehhh lol, I just fix peoples computers
and get a little cash here and there.
RussoUK2002 - Russell John Morgan
Age 41 From Cardiff south Wales UK
Living with my g/f of 3 years...gonna marry next year maybe
I'm a qualified wall and floor tiler but also a qualified landscape gardener,
I do tiling now and again but it's mostly gardens I do.
Apart from a love of aircraft, I love fishing too. All I have really done
is a few skins and posted a few pics etc for peeps.....lol
still, I live in hope....lol would be good to see who we all correspond to
on here etc.
TYLER MCFLY - TERRY McARTHUR
Proprietor of Bobs
Your Uncle.net that hosts McFly
Aviation and TNM
Guitars. Two of my favorite subjects. In my much younger days I was an
avid model builder of both aircraft and armor. At 13 I got a beautiful new
Gibson ES225t for Christmas that started a life long love of guitars. At 16
I was making guitars in my parents garage. At about this time I met Semie
Mosley (Mosrite Guitars) and got to learn from the master. At 20 I was lead
guitar repairman at Vox Guitars (no money there). A few years later I became
a cabinet maker and purchased a countertop/cabinet shop business in 1981.
I sold the business in January 2002 and now work part-time as a kitchen designer
at Home Depot (damn, didn't sell for enough to retire). I always dreamed of
being a pilot in the Navy or Air Force but poor eye sight thwarted that dream
early on. I recently went through ground school for private pilot license
but haven't carried it to the next step. I also make the occasional custom
guitar, hence my TNM Guitar page.The real fulfillment came when I got a computer
and was finally able to get in the pilots seat for the first time.
For the curious, McFly turned 60 in July.
MAX - "Max" O. Doger
Max
came in and fulfilled the long time dream of adding full fledged 3d models
with all the trimmings. A Max Pack is about to be released (today's date 8/26/2002).
Visit his site
Fighter Town
Hi all, I'm an animator and designer. Recently graduated in Design, now working hard on some interactive media and virtual reality applications as a job, and develop sims as a hobby. There is nothing more that I like than simulation, and real simulation at that. My interest in aviation started as a kid, my father was an instructor and trained pilots in simulators and actual flight. Flew some myself :D, man was it real! For USAF I have been creating new 3d art and objects from planes to buildings. My favorite plane the F16c was the first 3d model I did to be included into the sim.
PAUL MCDONELL
3D contributor. Legendary Avro Arrow and Mig29M.
Please send bio and picture.
ARIEL CANCIO
3D
contributor from South America. IA-58a Pucara and missile mods.
Well, how should I start? I'm from Córdoba, Argentina, I'm 22 years
old and I study Metal industry engineering at the Technological National University.
I practice Kung-Fu (the Hung Gar stile) at the Hu Chao School, I love trekking
and Mountain Bikes which I practice here in Córdoba where we have 3000mts
tall hill.
My interest for planes started when I was a Kid, I used to build scale models
(1:72). When I bought my first PC I got a copy of F-22 Raptor, my first simulator
followed by a long list like, F-18 Korea, A-10 Cuba, Su-27 Flanker, etc. Finally
I got the USAF where I discovered the huge possibilities of this Sim.
So I got to work and started practicing with the 3D Max until I managed to
finish my first model (IA-58 Pucará), Which I published at this page,
finally I decided to put my effort to develop the Falklands Island's War planes
(hope I can make it!!)
Greetings from Argentina
Ariel "Mantis" Cancio
MAVERICK - VICTOR FERNANDO AMAYA GRANADOS
Long
time booster and contributor.
My name is Víctor Fernando Amaya Granados, and I live in Caracas, the
capital city of Venezuela. After I buy USNF in 1997, I make this my main hobbie.
A few year later I created a virtual squad, but this time using the USAF as
the main sim. When I started this squad, I was interested in a close look
at the sim, so I started to help the Usaf Dev. Team in the creation of Loadout
screens, then in a couple of admins, wich I called MavMods, and that info
is still included in the Admin 8.4.
I meet the usaf comunity a long time ago, when they get together in CombatSim forum, I made the jump to SimHq when the dediced to do so, and I´ve been in touch with this incredible people for years. I was an honor when Mc told me about me included in the Credits page. Incredible.
In real life, I study Business Administration in the Central University of Venezuela in Caracas. I´m a huge fan of the Venezuela Air Force, and basically, every thing that flyes.
I hope we can continue developing this great sim, and be able to enjoy it for a long time.
Greetings from Venezuela!!!
Mav.
GAWL - JOSE PABLO GLLEGO
ESTEBAN
Skin
artist extrodinaire.
My name es José Pablo Gallego Esteban, and I live in Badajoz, Spain. My interest in the sims began one morning when I wake up and go to the hardware store to buy a joystick and the F-18 Korea. After that I get the IAF and started to make skins for that sim. Then I realized that the USAF had the same system, so I make some skins for it.
A couple of months later I meet Maverick, and the rest of the Escuadron 111, so I became a member of it, and we started to work in some aspect of the usaf. I worked mainly in the graphic part, so I created some skins, loadout screens, etc. When we have some progress, we decided to make the EP.
In real life I´m studying for a microinformatic system technician degree, and I like to design web sites. I was a Red Cross volunteer too.
Well, that´s me!! :-D Visit Gawl's Hangar
Gawl.
Born
in Dayton, Ohio June 3rd, 1985, currently a junior in high school, trying
to start a band, lol
First found out about USAF while fooling around in JCN, I was a huge fan of
the IAF sim at the time, and found out that USAF was merely a massive rebuild
of IAF with American aircraft, dynamic campaigns and the like, instantly,
I was there, had a copy a few months later, hooked on it, been here ever since,
I did have some skins made, but a reformat whipped them out,so I am just now
getting back into skinning, I am a huge MiG-29 fan.
When I was doing my daily
“usafforumwatch” I came at your site andsaw your creditslist on
it. Thank you for putting me on it. The first fun thing to say about my tiny
bit of contribution for usaf was digging into how rain could be activated
in the game. The only way I could do this was by editing in a *.pms file.
So no c++ just a hand to people who actual c??n do this. I posted this information
on Mitch’s
site and then there was DAAB who did the rest. After that I made a Las Vegas
Tour 2000 indeed with Area 51 on it as accurate as possible. My next dream
for USAF was that one could develop this further in order to get a landable
airbase. Still it is not possible. I will actively hop in the forum boards
as this comes out to be possible. For more information about me as an other
person just search on google on my name. I’ve done some cool contemporary
music projects and earn money being a freelance composer/ sound designer forall
occasions.
Mission maker. Las Vegas Tour.
LAKETROUT - BRIAN CUTHBERTSON
Tireless
tester and super booster of USAF. Very helpful site with lots of tips and
installation instructions BlackSheep
I'm 46 years old A BoilerMaker from Saint John New Brunswick. Got my first
puter 2 1/2 years ago. Bought several games, then I found USAF, after leaving
one squad, I decided to start the Black Sheep. Main reason being, was the
new Admin patches.
Hobbies, Flyfishing for Atlantic Salmon & trolling for Laketrout hence
thecallsign.
USA320 - ROBERT CALVIN JOHNSON
Due to issues of national security Mr. X cant show his mug. (In English:
crap my scanners busted) But I will tell you I'm somewhat tall, almost 20,
trying to get into college, my name is Robert (Bob) Calvin Johnson, and I'm
originally from Ohio, moved to Colorado for a year, and I now reside in Buffalo,
NY. I hope to eventually do something in the aerospace or computer field,
not sure yet, I like flight sims (obviously) I work at a grocery store and
fix computers, I like fast planes, hot cars, rock music and fine ladies. Nuf
said here.
Bob
GULF KNIGHT - MOHAMAD AL-MISHWIT
"About me: My name
Mohamad "Gulf Knight" Al-Mishwit . I am a 34 year old husband and
father of 5 and I am from Kuwait. My family is important to me but I do spend
as much of my free time as I can spare making / skinning models. My inspiration
for wanting to make the models came after I joined SimHQ and saw so many of
the members saying, "I wish we had such and such to fly in the game."
That's when I got my 3DMax and began the long tedious journey of learning
to model (which all began with a flying egg!). I know my models are FAAAAR
from perfect, as I am still in the process of learning. As my techniques improve,
I hope to be able to offer better versions of planes that I have already done.
I hope you enjoy my stuff."
Take care and thanks,
Mohamad
