Heya Hblair!
I still remember you

. Not to many on from when you used to play. I actually just came back from a long break as well.
Drex, Levi, Nath, they are all gone as far as I know. I did see Lazs flying around my first day back last month. Citabria/Fester is still around, although I haven't seen him flying this month. No FDBs flying that I know of, nor any AKs that I know (although the squad is still around, just dont recognize the names). I'm sure there are still some folks you know flying, but the game has changed quite a bit since I started (back when you were flying). Pretty much no emphasis on A2A combat any more, "air combat" has pretty much gone the route of Fariz-type missions hitting undefended bases and trying to get a couple vulches before the suckers wise up.
The MA was broken up into 4 arenas (early, mid, and 2 late war) in an attempt to get rid of the anonimity (is that a word?) that was encouraging the land grab Horde Warrior type mentality.... it doesn't appear to have worked.
It can still be fun though, as long as you don't take it too seriously.
Hope you and yours are well.
EDIT - Regarding your old squaddies, the only one I think is still around is ManeTMP, flying under the handle BLukitty now.