Any week of the year you can count on thrills and chills playing Aces High Special Events. Just go to our special events calendar and pick and choose which competitions you want to play in. We want to give you fair warning, though: If you don’t want to compete against some darn good flight sim gamers then don’t take part.
Coming up….on the 20th of July we have the 3rd frame of our FSO, or Friday Squad Operation, and the next night, the 21st, is a Scenario you won’t want to miss.
Read all about them and then give Aces High a try!
Imagine what it must have been like back in the 40’s during World War II. Fresh out of flight school, your training behind you, now you have been shipped to an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific and your orders have been received. You are to fly in a squadron on a bombing run over the Philippines. Your adrenalin has kicked in as you sit in the cockpit and you do an instrument check. The cockpit has been lowered down, the engine is rumbling beneath you and all systems are go for take-off.
What a rush that must have been! What a thrill that had to be when you lifted off the carrier and headed into those azure skies, not knowing what awaited you.
Welcome to Aces High, the online combat flight simulator where you get a taste of what it was like back in World War 2. Check your instrument panel in your 3D cockpit; you have your orders and you are scanning the skies for enemy planes. Against you are some of the best online flight sim players in the world and they are waiting for you to make one mistake so they can capitalize on that mistake and shoot you out of the skies.
Never fear because you have at your disposal the best weapons available. With Aces High you have forums and films that help you as you learn to navigate the skies of Aces High. There are special events constantly being held to help you sharpen your skills to a razor sharp level. You have a team of volunteers who are at the ready, always willing to help you with your problems or questions. You have, in summary, all you need to enjoy this highly enjoyable World War 2 Flight Simulator.
Why is Aces High so popular? Simply because it is the best! We have been around now for thirteen years, constantly improving our game, and the net result is the best combat flight simulator on the market. Do you think we jest? Try our free two-week trial and find out for yourself. We are willing to be that after you have had your free two weeks you will sign on for a lifetime. Aces High really is that good.
Others come and go but only Aces High has been at the top of the pack for thirteen years. Find out for yourself; sign up today, strap on your helmet, and lift off into the skies of Aces High for the thrill of a lifetime.
Wrapping up this week we have two more special events for you to try out. On the 13th we have another Friday Squad Operation (FSO) and on the 14th we have a very popular event, one that is always a test of ability, the Sat KOTH, King of the Hill.
Listen, there are combat flight simulator wannabes and then there is Aces High. Why settle for less when you can have the best? If it is online flight simulation you want then it is Aces High you should try.
A new week means new Special Events on Aces High, the online flight simulation game that is guaranteed to set you free from the mundane life.
On the 17th we have a new AHXARL, or Aces High XTreme Air Racing League. If you like your action fast and heavy then this is the special event for you.
On Wednesday the 18th we have a new Snapshot! Just go to our special event calendar and click on the individual special event to read all about it and find out sign-up procedures.
Last week we took a look at the first part of our series on Florida airfields built in the United States during World War 2. Today on Aces High we will finish that report.
As you know if you read last week’s installment, Florida was quite busy at the early stage of the war. Blessed with great weather and offering an opportunity to fly over water as well as other terrain, Florida was a popular place for the Air Force and Army to build airfields for training facilities.
Immediately after Pearl Harbor there was a flurry of activity all over the United States as training facilities were built in a rush. Dozens of flight centers showed up in Florida as pilots and flight crews needed a place to practice before heading off to Europe and the Pacific Theater.
Here is the second half of our list of Florida airfields:
- Avon Park AAF; now Avon Park Air Force Range
- Bartow AAF; now Bartow Municipal Airport
- Dale Mabry Field; now Campus of Tallahassee Community College
- Drew Field; now Tampa International Airport
- Brooksville AAF; now Florida Army National Guard Army Aviation Support Facility
- Drane Field/Lakeland AAF; now Lakeland Linder Regional Airport
- Winter Haven AAF; now Winter Haven’s Gilbert Airport
- Hillsborough AAF; now urbanized, part of which is Busch Gardens, Tampa
- Marianna AAF; now Marianna Municipal Airport
- MacDill Field; now MacDill Air Force Base
- Page Field/Fort Myers AAF; now Page Field
- Perry AAF; now Perry-Foley Airport
- Pinellas AAF; now Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater
Interestingly all of the airfields built during WWIi are still in operation except for the Hillsborough and Dale Mabry fields. With the possible exception of Alaska, almost all of the airfields built are still being used for commercial or military purposes, making them investments not only in the war effort but in the future as well.
Alaska was the obvious exception to this rule simply because of two reasons: today the world does not face war possibilities in cold weather, thus training in Alaska for combat simulation is not needed; secondly, the frigid temperatures of Alaska makes it not very cost-effective in maintaining airfields there.
Other than Alaska, though, the rest of the nation can see the effects of World War 2 in most of their cities.
Aces High is the flight simulation game that keeps improving and keeps looking for ways to challenge our flight sim players. Strap on your helmet and fly the skies with Aces High.