Heh. When I look back on one of my first comments I made about it, yeah.

I wonder what I was smoking then...

Combat is combat. Shooting down V1's is combat. V1's were launched by an enemy with intent in destruction, unless folks would imply that the V1's were purely for show? I'd think the death and destruction that some caused show otherwise, and I believe some pilots died shooting them down. So far I've seen some folks put forth reports of the Meteor being involved in ground attack missions against Germany. That would count as combat as well.
This AC has it's spot in AH or it wouldn't have shown in a poll. Maybe adding it would help with drawing some more folks in. We have the 262, but it's damn pricey. While the Meteor would probably be up there, I don't think it would be as expensive. I don't know. Without looking through and going off of (currently drunken) memory, it is not as fast as the 262, meaning it will be more vulnerable to your standard LW fighters. A minimum of 125 perks, yes. Though I don't think putting it up to 200 would be ideal. Maybe 150-175?