I was reviewing some of old squad content from the 412th and found some screenshots from 2006. Anyone remember when it was cool to fly "good american steel" and work as a team, and be praised for doing so?
Enjoy some AH history! 
Pand, thanks for the walk down memory lane. As to your final question, "Yes, I do!" I don't go as far back as you, for I began AH in 2002 as an Air Warrior Orphan. Back then Rockstar and Fairz were running missions for the Bishops often. Reset was achieved when one country was reduced to one base. Fuel could be porked to 25%. And, I forget what else.
Prior to the Spit 16, from my row in the cheap seats, many new players gravitated to the LA-7 being the answer to, "What's the fastest plane?" question that new players frequently ask.
Back then (jumbling the next few years into a memory hazy mess), I flew the FW D-9 quite a bit. Spent very little time, if any, in a Pony. One of my buddies whose name has faded into the mists of time (I really liked the guy to. He was from Alabama.), landed 15 odd kills in a Pony with several rearms if I recall well. Quite an achievement I thought. Was fun to discuss it with him. I miss him, & wish I could recollect his name. If someone mentions it, I probably will. We were Bishops, but not squaddies.
Nowadays, I fly the Pony most of the time usually hauling ordinance to hit ord bunkers and the like to help the Bishops. I don't enjoy mixing it up near an enemy airfield. The pony lets me nail 4 ord bunkers solo (a tad dull when doing all by one's lonesome), and have good chance of getting back home. If undamaged, getting to fighting alt coming home affords much fun trying to put some 50 cals in our enemies' planes should they be attacking the airfield I'm returning to.
I do miss the good old days. Still, having old guys around from that era makes the game enjoyable enough for me to keep at it. I've not been on in the last month due to computer problems that may hopefully we worked out today. Would like to fly tomorrow, Saturday, as it is a rare weekend day off for me.
Pand, thanks again for a reminder of the old days.
