For the players of Aces High, it isn’t just about playing a combat flight simulator.  Playing Aces High is also about taking part in a realistic replica of World War 2 and as such many of our war games players from around the world are history buffs who are as knowledgeable about the war as any you will find.

From time to time we like to toss in a little history lesson to give you something to read other than download requirements and forums on tactical maneuvers.  This is one of those articles.

When we are discussing World War II it is important to realize that the name is pretty darn accurate; this truly was a world war that was fought around the globe.  Mexico and South America seemed to be left unmarked by the war but few other locales can claim that.

Eastern Europe, Europe, North Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, North America and Asia all saw battles fought and lives lost during World War II.  Millions of lives were lost, billions of dollars in damage and destruction unlike anything the world had ever seen were the legacies of this war.

We are nearly seventy years removed from World War 2 but to many parts of the world the effects of this war are still visible today; maybe that is why so many of our players are so knowledgeable about it.

Whatever the reason for their fascination, we at HiTech Creations have tried to make Aces High as realistic a combat flight simulator as possible.  Our goal from Day One was to make the best flight sim game on the market and to do that we have tried to make our planes, ground vehicles and boats as close to being replicas as possible. Our fighting arenas are life-like and the way each plane handles is as close to actual flying as you will get unless you actually climb into the cockpit of a real plane.

Our scenarios are based on actual events during the war, our volunteers all are students of the war and our attention to details are inspired by our desire to honor that war and the people who fought in it.

If any of this sounds like something you would like to try then we welcome you to try our free two-week download.  Be warned, though, that once you do you will most likely sign on and then start forgetting to do chores around the house.  Be prepared for the backlash once that happens, because Aces High is addictive to the extreme.

Today we turn our attention to the great state of Texas to see what they were up to during World War II.  We at Aces High like to do this sort of thing from time to time simply because we are fascinated by World War 2 and it is that fascination that fuels us and inspires us to make the best combat flight simulator on the market.  Hundreds of thousands of flight sim gamers can’t be wrong, right?  So let’s say howdy to Texas!

Because of its hot and dry weather, Texas was one of the leading states during the War for pilot and crew training.  Clear skies and vast, open spaces made Texas a natural location for flight training and quite a few airfields were built in the Lonestar State because of that reason.

Time and space do not allow us to list all of the airfields that are in Texas but here are a few:

• Amarillo Air Force Base, now Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport
• Big Spring AAF/Webb Air Force Base, now Big Spring McMahon-Wrinkle Airport
• Central Flying Training Command, now Jones Field Airport in Bryan
• Central Flying Training Command, now part of Texas A&M University, Childress
• Contractor Flying School, now Corsicana Municipal Airport
• Ellington Air Force Base, now Ellington Field
• Fort Worth Air Force Base, was Griffis Air Force Base, now Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base
• Forster Air Force Base, now Victoria Regional Airport
• Aloe AAF, Victoria, was Matagorda Island Air Force Base, now closed
• Contractor Flying School, now Garner Field Airport
• Contractor Flying School now Fort Stockton-Pecos County Airport
• Central Flying Training Command, now Good fellow Air force Base

And the list literally goes on and on, numbering close to fifty in number, all built immediately before or immediately after the start of World War II.  Land was purchased, bulldozers were brought in, runways were paved, Quonset huts erected and within a month a new airfield was ready for operations.  And the truly remarkable part of this sage is that this happened in practically every state in the nation during the war.  The United States industrial machine was fully operational by 1942, as large a factor in the outcome of the war as any battle ever fought.

If you are interested in playing the best World War 2 Flight Simulator, then find out why flight simulation gamers play Aces High more than any other combat flight sim.  Sign up for the free two-week download and see for yourself.

Here is a cool feature we have on our website: go to our Special Events Log at http://www.ahevents.org/event-logs.html and you can find out what is happening in any of our Special Events.

As you know, Aces High features quite a few Special Events for the flight sim gamers who want to test themselves against the best of the world. All you do is go to that link and check out whichever Special Event you need info on, like an FSO or a AHXARL, and everything you need to know will flash on the screen.

Aces High is all about World War Ii; because of our love for that war and our attention to detail, all of our aircraft used in our combat flight simulator are authentically designed. Would you really expect anything less from the leading flight sim on the market?

The story of the aircraft industry in the United States during World War II is a remarkable story indeed. Prior to the war, in 1939, fewer than 6,000 planes were produced in the United States.

After the Munich Conference of 1938 President Franklin Roosevelt began to prepare the country for war. Once the war machine began forward motion it was just a matter of time before U.S. industry did what it does best, namely produce.

Production of planes was doubled in 1940, doubled again in 1941 and once again in 1942. From the beginning of 1940 until the end of the war, more than 300,000 military aircraft were produced in the United States. To put it another way, dollar production rose from $225 million in 1939 to $16 billion in 1944 when the production was so great that the planes produced outnumbered the need.

To put things in a different perspective, from 1939-1944 the United States aircraft industry became the largest single industry in the world, using 81 different production facilities in the United States and five in Canada. To say the least, when the President called for action, it did not take long for action to occur.

The majority of aircraft used during the war have been re-created in Aces High. A complete list of planes can be found on our website and a detailed history of each plane can also be found.

Some may say that we at HiTech Creations have gone overboard, that we really didn’t have to provide so much detail. However, when we created Aces High we vowed to make it the best World War 2 Flight Simulator on the market and so we set about doing just that; to do that we needed a strong staff and an equally strong team of volunteers who spent endless hours providing you, the war game player, with the most authenticity found in any flight sim game. The end result, we think, is one darn fine game.

Try our free two-week download and see for yourself. Strap on your helmet and fly the Aces High Skies. Once you do we promise you won’t play any other game.