And where in any of my post did I mention getting shot down, or dislike of getting shot at?

These guys in here tickle me! All they want to do is shoot down a/c or blow up tanks! They could care less about historical events which I try to re-enact in the MLW arena, and don't bother about the scenario's, they are OK if that is your bag. Personally, I like to plan the mission, fly the mission and am greatly disappointed if I don't get all my bombers home safe. But I forget sometimes, this is just a game, where you point guns or bombs at something, blow it up or shoot it down, get just as much good feeling as shooting BB guns down at the trash dump, killing rats.
I just try to give the guys a little different taste for the "game" and make it interesting to attend our squad night missions! Sorry if that distrubes some people, who only want to furball or tank battles.
What I do when I run up on a set of enemy bombers, or a enemy CV, I put it out on country in the text buffer, I don't alert everybody in all three countries on 200. I just think that is NOT the way the game should be played!