Thanks for the info NHawk.
I guess there IS a some confusion over this...I was under the impression that after Kesmai killed Air Warrior, Hitech acquired it and developed Aces High. I do not know if they got the code, the rights or the concept ..and I guess thats not public knowledge. When I first fired up AH my reaction was: "Holy chit, this is Air Warrior on steroids" which led to the assumption that the game was improved and upgraded and evolved into Aces High. If it is a completely new development just using the AW concept, then obviously my rantings make no sense and everyone that keeps saying it is a different game is correct. ...and if that is the case, I will shut MY piehole.
...or, I could just start a new post asking for a Chopper arena
TC