{{Short description|American company}} {{Multiple issues| {{One source|date=March 2022}} {{No footnotes|date=November 2019}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Third Wire Productions, Inc. | logo = Third Wire Productions logo.png | type = Private | foundation = 1999<ref>{{cite web|first=Lilly|last=Rockwell|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/96895180/austin-american-statesman/|title=Flying under the Radar|newspaper=Austin American-Statesman|page=41|date=December 25, 2006|accessdate=March 4, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | location = Austin, Texas, United States | founder = Tsuyoshi Kawahito | key_people = | num_employees = | revenue = | industry = Video games | products = ''Strike Fighters'' series<br />''Wings Over'' series | homepage = [http://www.thirdwire.com thirdwire.com] }}
'''Third Wire Productions Inc.''' is a C corporation based in Austin, Texas, United States; it is an independent software development company founded in 1999 to create multimedia entertainment, such as amateur flight simulators and strategy video games.
== Products == Third Wire is the developer of many computer games, including ''First Eagles: The Great War 1918'' and ''Strike Fighters: Project 1''. There are other products outside of the combat sim genre, a notable example of these projects is ''First Flight: The Wright Experience Flight Simulator'', which is a Wright brothers' Flyer simulator for reenactors.
*''Strike Fighters: Project 1'' (2002) *''First Flight: The Wright Experience Flight Simulator'' (2003): A training tool developed for Wright Experience Centennial test pilots and now available for the public. *''Strike Fighters: Gold'' (2004) *''Wings Over Vietnam'' (2004) *''USAF: Air Dominance'' (2005): A recruitment game developed for the US Air Force (not for public sale). *''Wings Over Europe'' (2006) *''First Eagles: The Great War 1918'' (2006) *''First Eagles: Expansion Pack 1'' (2007) *''Wings Over Israel'' (2008) *''First Eagles: Gold'' (2008): A combo pack containing ''First Eagles'' and ''Expansion Pack 1''. *''Strike Fighters 2'' (2008): An update to ''Strike Fighters: Project 1'' to run on Windows Vista. *''Strike Fighters 2: Vietnam'' (2009): An update to ''Wings Over Vietnam'' to run on Windows Vista. *''Strike Fighters 2: Europe'' (2009): An update to ''Wings Over Europe'' to run on Windows Vista. *''Strike Fighters 2: Israel'' (2009): An update to ''Wings Over Israel'' to run on Windows Vista with Direct X 10 support. *''First Eagles 2'' (2010): An update to ''First Eagles: Gold'' to run on Windows Vista and Windows 7. *''Strike Fighters 2: Expansion Pack 1'' (2010): First of the expansion packs for ''Strike Fighters 2'' series, requires ''Strike Fighters 2 Israel'' stand-alone or merged with other ''Strike Fighters 2'' series to run, adds Operation Kadesh, and 3 new flyable planes: Mystère IVA, Meteor F.8, and P-51D Mustang. *''Wings Over Israel Add-on'' (2010): an add-on to the Wings Over Israel, it adds Mystère IVA, Meteor F.8, and P-51D Mustang as player-flyable aircraft. *''Strike Fighters 2: Expansion Pack 2'' (2010): Second of the expansion packs for ''Strike Fighters 2'' series, requires ''Strike Fighters 2 Europe'' stand-alone or merged with other ''Strike Fighters 2'' series to run, adds a hypothetical 1956 campaign, and 3 new flyable planes, as well as several variants: English Electric Lightning F.1/2/3/6, Hawker Hunter F.1/2/4/5, F-100A/C. *''Strike Fighters 2: North Atlantic'' (2012): New title in the ''Strike Fighter'' series to include new terrain engine, better graphics and F-14A Tomcat as player flyable. *''Strike Fighters 2: Expansion Pack 3'' (TBD): Third expansion pack will add the Mirage F1 as a player flyable aircraft.
== See also == *''Jane's AH-64D Longbow'' *''Jane's Longbow 2'' *''European Air War''
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== External links == *[http://www.thirdwire.com/ Third Wire website] *[http://www.criticalmassinteractive.com/clients/USAFAirDominance/USAF.html USAF: Air Dominance] *[https://combatace.com CombatACE: Online Community and download site]
Category:American companies established in 1999 Category:Companies based in Austin, Texas Category:Video game companies of the United States Category:Video game development companies