DFA 20th Anniversary

[RELIC]

I'd like to do some shameless self promotion and give congrats to Death From Above on our 20th anniversary.  DFA was originally comprised of ex members from the Riders of the Apocalypse squad (ROA) in Air Warrior.  Nobody seems to know for sure the exact date when DFA was formed, but the consensus from the "old timers" in the squad is early in June, 1998.  So June 6th with it's historical significance seemed like a good date.
I joined DFA in 1999 (fuzzy memory here  - thanks scotch) and have been the CO (on and off) since.  During all these years the squad has been fully active in Air Warrior and then in Aces High.
I'd like to thank all the great folks I have met in DFA over the years, our friends and foes in the virtual skies, and the creators of both Air Warrior and Aces High for providing the playground that has given us so many years of entertainment.
Here's hoping for 20 more years.   

[DFALeto]

Congrats everyone!

[xTITANx]

I’ve been part of DFA off and on since Airwarrior. Great bunch of guys. Had the pleasure of meeting a few in person. The game is as good as the people playing, along with what Hitech and his crew have been able to accomplish for a small company. 
Thanks for all the good and drunk times TITAN

[Brooke]

Congratulations!

DFA has a mighty and proud history! 

There was a Death From Above squadron in Air Warrior from 1991.

Here's them appearing in scoring for Air Warrior campaign #65.   

WW II Fighter Squadrons as of 14:07EST  11/15/91
  Score   Squad    Name
  602958  4898 <--)-Musketeers-TFW--
  575083  2112 HiTech for President
  416835  2300 +GunFighters+ 4TH FBG
  416089  6471 FUBARS
  368381  1386 >>WARHAWKS<< 4th FBG
  245718  1647 SNAFU
  179541  1025 Death From Above
  165379  5940 Bastard -=<4Q>=- Squad
  163287  2535 MISSIONARIES
  120910  4725 <--)-Musketeers-TBW--
   91054   701 Werepigeons
   40186  5954 RCAF*Canucks
   26811  4490 527TH TFW Aggressors
   16666  5505 *WARHAWKS II* 4TH FBG
   15474  2606 56TH FG "THE WOLFPACK"
   12396  6379 527th TFW (Aggressors)
   11220  1577 
    8681    33 Head*Hunters
    8139   949 Squadron 949
    6252  3827 >ADfH<
    5190  4564 Squadron 4564
    4998  1699 COUNCIL (527th Aux.)
    2273  2548 (American Iraqi Killers
    1896  1326 527th TFS
    1504  4311 =>Dagorhir<=
    1384  5956 Squadron 5956
    1084    20 Squadron 20
     446   191 Squadron 191
     277  1913 TrueBlue
     244  3331 IntSec
     233  4583 Mad Bombers
     216  4785 Flying Tomatoes
     175  6843 Squadron 6843
      28  3144 -_THE RED EAGLES_-
      25  1452 CHEETAS
      12   167 Midnight Raiders
       9  3059 Squadron 3059
       5  1296 Squadron 1296

Note also a crazy squad named "HiTech for President". 

[Brooke]

The best way for DFA to celebrate is to join us in the "Fjord Fury" scenario on Saturday. 

Scenarios were invented by Dok in Air Warrior in 1992.  I suspect the old Air Warrior DFA guys flew in it.

So, for the sake of history -- time for DFA to be in a scenario! 

[hgtonyvi]

 

[1stpar3]

  1991 Dang,2 years out of High School. INTERNET? Heck TVA didnt get online till 93,94. Dad was Nuclear side....I got to play around with his Internet one night, when they doing an outage. NEVER knew AND NO, I didnt break anything

[Brooke]

By the way, it is possible DFA was around before 1991.

I have a gap in Air Warrior scores from Feb 1989 to Dec of 1991, so I can't check those periods.

[1stpar3]

What sort of NETWORK was this,I should have known about it...? Sort of glad I didnt though...I would have been worlds worst husband and Father 20yo kids still in diapers bad IF I could afford them that is Now that I think about it...None of that would have happened! Would have never been married WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME ABOUT THIS   Heck I was ELATED to get a hold of ACE COMBAT for PlayStation 1...in 96-97 ish  Before that was only Microsoft F-15 Strike Eagle on a Commodore 64 Kind of feel cheated a bit 

[Brooke]

Back in late 1980's and early 1990's, there were Air Warrior folks who spent many hours per day and $750/month on Air Warrior (which is $1400 in 2018 dollars).

When I first came across Air Warrior in 1987, I flew a few times and then stayed completely away from it, as otherwise I feared that I would spend enough time on it to be ruined.

I returned to it years later when I figured out how I could manage it.

It was glorious.

People these days don't know how good they have it and don't even care. 

[Bruv119]

congrats on your squadron anniversary. 

[wrench]

  

[Rebel28]

Oh my what a flashback... Airwarrior Play it FREE on AOL. Having to upgrade my modem from 33.6 to and brand new v.90 for the blazing fast speed of 56k. Flying with the Rebel Rousers. How far we have come. 

[1stpar3]

Back in late 1980's and early 1990's, there were Air Warrior folks who spent many hours per day and $750/month on Air Warrior (which is $1400 in 2018 dollars).

When I first came across Air Warrior in 1987, I flew a few times and then stayed completely away from it, as otherwise I feared that I would spend enough time on it to be ruined.

I returned to it years later when I figured out how I could manage it.

It was glorious.

People these days don't know how good they have it and don't even care. 

YES! That was why I am TORN. POed I didnt know about it...but GREATFULL I didnt In my area of Chattanooga,Tn., we didnt even have dial-up internet till around Windows98. Even then though,never heard of an ON-LINE PvP flight sim   It was CombatFlightSimulator 1,2 and3  with some Jane's F-15. So again, pretty ok with not knowing about this, then. Wish I still had my Force Feedback joystick that I used with those games   Thanks to YOU GUYS who suffered through The Dark Ages, as those trials led to this MOST GLORIOUS of days for a Flight Sim lover 

[JimmyC]

Congrats DFA
Great achievement
Here's to 20 more years 
JimmyC 71RAF