Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today close air support is considered vital for any mixed force operation. In World War II, however, the air forces of many countries were focused on strategic operations. But, at the beginning of the war, the Luftwaffe's force composition emphasized direct tactical support of the troops on the ground, rather than long-range strategic bombing.

No plane symbolized this emphasis better than the Sturzkampfflugzeug Junkers Ju 87, the "flying artillery" of the Wehrmacht. Although suffering from several defects, including a low top speed that made it vulnerable to enemy fighters, the Ju 87 (popularly known today as the "Stuka") excelled at pinpoint bombing of battlefield targets. During the early war period, when the Luftwaffe's fighters still dominated the skies, the Ju 87 was a devastatingly effective weapon. Later on, as control of the air slipped away, the JU 87's shortcomings became more obvious. Today we would like to present the first in-game screenshots of the Ju 87B2 dive-bomber bomber modeled by K96 and skinned by K96 and AceS.

Another vital supporting asset has always been transportation for supplies and reinforcements. The most common truck used by British forces was the Bedford 3 ton lorry. More than 70,000 3-ton Bedfords were produced between 1939 and 1945, in a variety of configurations and were used for all conceivable transport roles, including the movement of troops, horses, machine guns and supplies. The Bedford was originally modeled by Mange, updated and tweaked for BF2 by Lobo, skinned by AaronAsh and Jimbob and Lobo, normal mapped by Lobo and given a brand-new set of tires by Rad.

That's all for today, but be sure to come back next week for another Forgotten Hope update. And don't forget to join us on IRC. Feel free to visit our public forums to discuss this update or other news.

Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today we would like to welcome three more developers to the team. Digital_Assassin, IllicitFilms and Squirrelly. IllicitFilms is an experienced map and film maker, while Squirrelly is a talented maker of custom textures. We will show you some of their work in a future update, but we would like to kick off the image presentation with the first Forgotten Hope 2 item made by Digital_Assassin. With so many new devs, we needed to repurpose his civilian building as a barracks. It still needs a bit of sweeping out, and new furniture, but it comes along with a basement and a wonderful patio. Might be a nice place for an economy-class vacation, getting some rest after an exhausting firefight, or even a hideout for snipers.

Our next item for today is one of the most ugliest tanks ever conceived, yet has a mysterious boxy appeal. The British Cruiser Mk IVA (A13 Mk II) was equipped, like most cruiser tanks of the time, with an Ordnance QF 2-pounder and an 0.303 BESA machine gun. It served with the 7th Armored Division in the Western Desert between 1940 and 41, as well as seeing action in France and Greece. The Cruiser Mk IVA was originally manufactured by Nuffield, LMS, Leyland, and English Electric, but for Forgotten Hope2 modeled and skinned by Montoya.

That's all for today, but be sure to come back next week for another Forgotten Hope update. And don't forget to join us on IRC. Feel free to visit our public forums to discuss this update or other news.

Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Today we would like to show off some more progress made in the last weeks. First we have some more statics to present. Starting with a ruined version of the African villa made by Toddel, that will fit on to every map for the desert campaign. Furthermore we have a set of textures for the DICE trains in a more World War II style by Rad. And last but not least, if there is no chance to find a place to sleep in one of the aforementioned places, we have a tent made by Lobo for all the soldiers out there to find some rest.

A worthy end for the update will be the most widely known German Divebomber, the Sturzkampfflugzeug better known as Stuka. Easy to identify by the infamous wailing siren, the Junkers Ju 87B2 dive bomber carried a bomb weight of up to 500kg. Furthermore it was equipped with two 7.92mm forward machineguns 17 and one 7.92mm rear MG 15, which was modeled by K96 and skinned by ctz. The aircraft model itself was made by K96 and skinned by K96 and AceS.

That's all for today, but be sure to come back next week for another Forgotten Hope update. And don't forget to join us on IRC. Feel free to visit our public forums to discuss this update or other news.

Hello and welcome back to another update of Forgotten Hope. Although today we are not going to show any of our own work, we hope you will still be interested in what we have to say. Since our last update, several interesting things have happened in the Battlefield 2(tm) and Forgotten Hope for Battlefield 1942(tm) communities. But let's start with the general part before we get to the FH-specific topic.

As you might have noticed already, our friends from the Point of Existence Mod have released their first public version for Battlefield 2(tm). We would like to take the opportunity to congratulate them for their stunning work and amazing gaming experience! They have put so much effort into this and this is definitely worth a downloading and checking out! We suggest anyone owning Battlefield 2(tm) to visit their website and give the mod a try. You will not regret it!

Also, we have news of special interest for players of Forgotten Hope for Battlefield 1942(tm). Forgotten Honor has opened a new campaign and everyone is kindly invited to join up. But read yourself!

Campaign #5 "La Captivité" Enlist now!

"Why join the 5th Forgotten Honor campaign?"

There are many reasons. You will become an important element in a war machine of epic proportions. You will experience levels of teamwork beyond what you thought possible. You will meet interesting people as dedicated to gaming and winning as you are! Even the lowliest members may become heroes standing on the shoulders of the titans that came before them.

Several key features are:

• Massive 32 vs 32, 6 hours battles every week.
• Totally new custom maps every week.
• 2 Teams, 2 Armies, Divided in companies, dozens of unique players.
• Complex Ranking system to get as close as possible to a real war zone.
• Completely free, and open to anyone regardless of skill level.
• Players from all over the world, you won't be alone no matter where your from!

And this is still not the end. In fact it is just scratching the surface!

Still not enough?

• A friendly user community, and forums teeming with life.
• Real user to user communication via Teamspeak.
• Play on our public server, located in England.
• Meet open minded people, in a Tournament that is run BY and FOR the players.
• All this brought to you for free. Yeah 100% free!

So what are you waiting for?

Join campaign #5 right now and become part of this epic battle for survival. Storm the gates of the French city of Paris as the puny Frenchmen desperately try to counter attack, or grab your weapon and defend your homeland from the barbaric German attack, the choice is yours!

So enlist now! All are accepted, and come see what it is really like to be in a world of blood, a world of action, a world of...FORGOTTEN HONOR! Your destiny is in your hands now, will you rise to the call? There is glory to be had and futures to be forged by your hands!

That's all for this week, but be sure to come for our next update. Until then, feel free to visit our IRC channel and our public forums to discuss this update and other news.