Last night's "memorial" strat run

[SirNuke]

it reminds me a C47 memorial flight...:

[NikonGuy]

If this is true I am actually ashamed to be a Rook .. doing a strat run in the guise as a memorial flight, c'mon ?  
A memorial flight should of been going the other way with ALL involved and NO bombs.

I will fly Nits tonight in protest !!!  

[Tazz69]

The fact that a thread was ever started this make me sick. Period. To be on here squeaking about how bombs were dropped and all this BS that followed is truely disrespectful and disgusting. In case some of you forget, this is only a game! A GAME!! No one got hurt, no one had their life ruined because some bombs were dropped on a game base. The fact is that a mans wife passed away. Thats real life. What ever you think of the man, at least try to be a decent person and show him some respect during this difficult time instead of getting on here to cry about how your feelings got hurt.

I'm the first to admit I let the game get to me at times and run my mouth when I should keep it shut. I know that and apologize if I do turn into a colossal a**hat to some of you at times. You don't need to respect me, but if the same thing were to happen to anyone of you in this game as what Earl is going through, I would show my respect for you also.

All I ask is for one moment, forget about this game and remember that a man lost someone he loved dearly, and let all this squeaking stop where it is.
Do onto others as you would have them do onto you.


  Earl. My deepest sympathies are with you and your family sir.

[asterix]

The fact that a thread was ever started this make me sick. Period. To be on here squeaking about how bombs were dropped and all this BS that followed is truely disrespectful and disgusting. In case some of you forget, this is only a game! A GAME!! No one got hurt, no one had their life ruined because some bombs were dropped on a game base. The fact is that a mans wife passed away. Thats real life. What ever you think of the man, at least try to be a decent person and show him some respect during this difficult time instead of getting on here to cry about how your feelings got hurt.

This
  Earl

[Oldman731]

Earl is not one of those who have lost my respect in this thread.

Agreed.  Unbelievable.

- oldman

[Randy1]

We  signed in late that night and saw the mission in progress.  We did know it was a memorial run.  We joined the mission to protect the bombers when they were halfway back.  From the VOX, I think several joined the mission in progress but did not know it was a memorial mission either or did not know how it was to work.  It was not until I saw this thread that we knew about the mission.

I am so sorry we missed joining the mission.  Our squad thinks a lot of ET.

[LCADolby]

War is... no wait... AcesHigh is hell.

[Lusche]

I stick to Sartre:

"Hell is other people"


And this thread illustrates it...

[Max]

I will not have any participation in this thread...none whatsoever. 

[GhostCDB]

I haven't logged in Aces High in a week 

[Slate]

   I like the Idea of a Memorial Fight. 

   Is not this game about the fight? 

   Should of been announced as a Memorial Strat run. With the firepower they had let the attackers come. 
 
   The MOM missions were awesome and a Memorial run could be also instead of yawning for 2 hours. 

   

[Puma44]

He clearly didn't even respect his own wife's passing

You sir, are an arrogant, pompous fool who needs to go crawl back in your hole and keep your mouth shut. You obviously don't know a thing about Earl or his darling wife.  To even think such a thing, let alone say it, is inexcusable, insensitive, and completely out of line. 

[surfinn]

I flew with that flight as a p47M escort of which there were more escorts than there were bombers. Huge flight and I was proud to be a part of it.
Knights on 200 were encouraging their guys to let the flight through guns cold. I'm sure this was repeated several times on Knights country channel.

4 sectors out interceptors hit the formation. Escorts went guns hot I shot a 110g2 that was pulling up under the b29s. From that point on we were engaged with enemy ac all the way to the strats. With that said If we didn't go guns hot the B29s wouldn't have even made it to the strats. I can't imagine why anyone would expect us to just sit there and allow ourselves to be shot down and not respond.

Earl was persuaded by the vast majority to go bombs hot because of the frequent attacks on the formation. Even then and even after putting it out on 200 that bombs would be hot, and facing two full sectors of red dar bar in front us before the strats, he kept saying he felt bad about dropping bombs. At least one full b29 formation was shot down prior to reaching the strats. To out right state it was a cover story just to get bombers in is flat baloney. We had every intention of going in cold. I know he would have ignored the one or two yahoos that will hit a memorial flight but it was many more than that.

I have flown many times with the devil dogs and have never seen them do anything remotely like what has been described by others in this thread. Some of the things some of you in this thread have accused Earl of is flat despicable.

[blkblade]

Earl. Very sorry for your loss. God bless.
Tom

[hcrana]

This disgraceful thread should disappear.  Show some respect and just shaddap.