On this second full week of August, 2012, we have a full schedule of Special Events awaiting you.  What are Special Events you ask?  Well, consider them the graduate school for combat flight sim players.  This is your opportunity to take on the best of the best in head-on competition.

So what’s happening this week?  Gaze below:

• 13^th This Day in History and that of course means a reenactment of the Battle of Britain
• 14^th AHXARL…..XTreme Air Racing League
• 15^th Snapshot Scenario

If you are a regular Aces High player then you know how cool all of this is.  If you are not a regular, get with the program!

In our continuing series about airfields built in the United States during World War 2, today we turn our attention to the fine state of Alabama.  As you know by now, the war effort at home was of Herculean proportions, building training sites across this great country so as to prepare pilots and flight crews for the war abroad.  Alabama was a busy state during 1941, so let’s take a look at all they did.

• Demopolis Army Airfield; now Demopolis Municipal Airport
• Courtland Army Airfield; now Muscle Shoals Auxiliary Field
• Craig Army Airfield; now Craig Field Airport
• Gunter Army Airfield; now Gunter Annex, a non-flying USAF facility
• Maxwell Army Airfield; now Maxwell Air Force Base
• Bates Army Airfield; now Mobile Regional Airport
• Decatur Field; now Pryor Field Regional Airport
• Anniston Army Airfield; now Selma Municipal Airport
• Furniss Auxiliary Field; now Henderson Auxiliary Field
• Molette Auxiliary Field; now Craig Air Force Base

And so many more!  Imagine if you will the war effort in Alabama; now multiply this effort by forty-five other states and you will start to get a feeling for what was happening in this country while men were fighting in Europe and the Pacific.  Hundreds of thousands of men and women preparing this country for a massive build-up of personnel and construction sites.

America was a sleeping giant prior to December 7, 1941.  We were feeling secure in our liberty, but we really had not built up the military to alert status.  Once Pearl Harbor was attacked that all changed.  Take the leading industrial nation in the world and turn all efforts towards war preparation, and the sleeping giant awoke with startling quickness and purpose.  The rest, as they say, is history.

At Aces High we love this stuff.  We love the history; we love the cause and effect and seeing how the drama unfolded.  We love giving tribute to the brave men and women who prepared and fought for this country.

Maybe that explains, in part, why Aces High rules the skies among other flight sim online games.  Maybe that explains why for thirteen years, whenever someone thought about combat flight simulators, they have thought about Aces High.

If you have never played Aces High then today is as good a day as any.  Sign up for the free download, then strap on your helmet and fly the skies with the best of the best.  You won’t be disappointed.

We have a great three days of Special Events coming up and it all starts on the 10^th.  Friday we have another Friday King of the Hill, or KOTH as you will find it on our calendar.  Don’t miss it!

Sunday we have our Sunday European Command, or SEC, and this is Frame 1 of February 20, 1944, the beginning of a week-long bombardment of Luftwaffe sites.

Then on Monday, the 13^th, we have This Day in WWII, commemorating the Battle of Britain.

These are a must if you are at all interested in some of the best Special Events we have to offer.

Turning our attention to the Special Events calendar we see that today, August 7^th, is an AHXARL, or Aces High XTreme Air Racing League Event.  Climb into your cockpit and race against some of the best flight sim players in the world.

Then tomorrow, on the 8^th of August, we will feature a Snapshot Special Event.  This is a great way to introduce yourself to scenario play on Aces High.

If you are new and this is sounding like Ancient Greek to you, then check out our forum where you can get all of your questions answered.