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Offline hgtonyvi

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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #15 on: February 12, 2015, 12:07:31 AM »
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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #16 on: February 12, 2015, 01:15:52 AM »
80th only goes back to 2006, although the origins can be traced back to the Nomads squadron in Airwarrior which was 96.



I liked some of the old descriptive squad names.  Nomads were one of the few squads that rotated countries, Landscapers were a bomber squad... great names.  Of course we can't forget LTAR (lead to air ratio, AA GV squad) here.
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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #17 on: February 12, 2015, 02:36:51 AM »
Here are old campaign records from Air Warrior, including squads and pilot scores (including for the noob "Brooke" in 1988):

http://www.musketeers.org/AWScoresComp.pdf

Also in 1988 was 715 (who wasn't a noob in that compaign).  He is also still flying here in Aces High regularly.
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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2015, 07:03:12 AM »
Cannot forget about the Elite... Especially when they're a merged squadron of even older squadrons... Before Bruv was part/started of the Few...
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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2015, 08:10:04 AM »
Great stuff, keep it coming!   I'm especially interested in the squads with active web sites. 

When I started in WarBirds back in '98, squad websites were the squad's public face - a way to communicate to the world what your squad was about, who was in it, etc.   The squads blessed with able communications officers (web guys) often had their own BB built into the website.   AH's own BB supported squad BBs sortof supplanted that function, and squad websites became less useful.   Alot of  really nice squad websites are now gone.  I remember the Screamin' Blue Messiah's site looked like it was made by someone with a flair for graphic design.  And remember the Swamp Foxes?  Their website was set up like a virtual office and you would open doors or click on desk drawers to enter the different pages of the site.

Brooke, thank for posting that historical document!  Almost 2000 pages of callsigns!   That is very interesting to look through.  I like the idea of AW's "tail number" - was that a numerical ID assigned to players?  Some of the callsigns looked too long to display online as a handle.   

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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2015, 09:10:06 AM »
Oldman - maybe we need to create a website for our squad? :x
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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #21 on: February 12, 2015, 09:40:19 AM »
Oldman - maybe we need to create a website for our squad? :x

Please do!   Especially if its true that the Gunfighters are the oldest continually operating squad out there.    AH squad and player lookups and scores seem to be broken for me so I cant find out much aboout squad membership any more.
   

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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #22 on: February 12, 2015, 09:45:37 AM »
Oboe,

AW stopped using the #'s by the time it went to AW4W, so those folks are from WAY back when it first was out. :)

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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #23 on: February 12, 2015, 10:27:40 AM »
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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #24 on: February 12, 2015, 10:57:42 AM »
Oldman - maybe we need to create a website for our squad?


Grits had an excellent write-up, but I didn't save it and it now appears lost.

We have to find Grits.

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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #25 on: February 12, 2015, 11:59:20 AM »
Ahem.

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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #26 on: February 12, 2015, 12:16:20 PM »
 AFAIK 68KO and 4 others came over from Airwarriors and started the 68th Lightning Lancers in late 1999 early 2000
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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #27 on: February 12, 2015, 12:41:43 PM »

Grits had an excellent write-up, but I didn't save it and it now appears lost.

We have to find Grits.

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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #28 on: February 12, 2015, 12:56:02 PM »
The Specialists were formed in Air Warrior back in November of 1996 by Darks and TC3. We flew RR and FR there and came over here when Air Warrior folded.
I restarted the squad here and have been the CO ever since, although I don't lead the squad now, Sku is acting <CO>.
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Re: Top ten oldest squads in Aces High?
« Reply #29 on: February 12, 2015, 12:56:42 PM »
Ahem.
...? You have something we need? :p
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