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Aces High General Discussion / Re: Tour 305 Winners!
« Last post by Eagler on Today at 12:22:59 PM »Wtg HORRIDO1!
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Aces High General Discussion / Tour 305 Winners!
« Last post by haggerty on Today at 12:18:36 PM »| Award | Player | Amount | |
| DR7 Award | (IL-2/JU-87 kills) | 000trapr | 60 |
| Phalanx | (Anti-Air kills) | oldAngus | 125 |
| S/Sgt Michael Arooth Award | (Gunnery kills) | FIN3TYM3 | 221 |
| Memphis Belle Award | (Total Bomber Damage among top 10 bombers) | BTDiver | 50,257,034 |
| ENY Challenge | Most air-air kills in 40 ENY planes | Chute (F4F-4/P39D) | 65 |
| Richard Bong Award | Top US fighter kills | trogdor | 250 | 3.13 |
| P-39Q | Snuggie | 213 | 2.29 | |
| P-47M | TheStig | 198 | 2.71 | |
| F6F | TalonX | 166 | 6.92 | |
| P-38L | Chase | 156 | 1.24 | |
| P-47-D40 | StarPig | 135 | 4.22 | |
| P-47N | bluenote | 93 | 7.15 | |
| F4U-1C | trogdor | 78 | 4.59 | |
| FM2 | TechWrek | 77 | 1.88 | |
| P-51D | SkyHawk | 74 | 3.52 | |
| P-47-D25 | HlyWd | 69 | 1.73 | |
| F4U-1A | Jaybob | 59 | 1.05 | |
| P-47-D11 | Cheroke6 | 56 | 9.33 | |
| F4U-4 | trogdor | 48 | 3.69 | |
| P-38J | 2cmex | 38 | 6.33 | |
| P-39D | Chute | 38 | 1.12 | |
| Erich Hartmann Award | Top German fighter kills | HORRIDO1 | 232 | 1.67 |
| Bf 110G-2 | HORRIDO1 | 222 | 1.61 | |
| Bf 109K-4 | Cat7 | 221 | 21.0 | |
| Fw-190A-8 | MDStampf | 107 | 3.45 | |
| Ta 152H | Tralfaz | 98 | 1.05 | |
| Fw-190D-9 | TAZ | 69 | 2.16 | |
| Fw 190A-5 | Dannyboy | 68 | 2.72 | |
| Bf 109G-2 | Eagler | 63 | 1.57 | |
| Bf 109G-14 | oldAngus | 42 | 4.20 | |
| Me 262 | 2cmex | 38 | 38 | |
| James Edgar Johnson Award | Top UK fighter kills | BigDawg | 404 | 2.90 |
| Tempest | 2cmex | 227 | 14.19 | |
| Typhoon | BigDawg | 195 | 2.44 | |
| Spitfire Mk XVI | Tailspin | 150 | 1.46 | |
| Mosquito Mk VI | toddbobe | 113 | 1.11 | |
| Spitfire Mk IX | Kermit | 45 | 1.32 | |
| Spitfire Mk VIII | BCool | 38 | 1.15 | |
| Hurricane IIC | Hookup | 39 | 1.0 | |
| Ivan Kozhedub Award | Top Soviet fighter kills | Pica | 305 | 1.77 |
| Yak-3 | pica | 286 | 1.78 | |
| La-7 | PropNut | 85 | 2.24 | |
| Yak-9U | BTDiver | 59 | 4.21 | |
| Tetsuzō Iwamoto Award | Top Japanese fighter kills | kamurogi | 425 | 2.50 |
| Ki-84-Ia | kamurogi | 398 | 2.64 | |
| N1K2 | 2cmex | 206 | 3.12 | |
| Ki-43 | ZoSo | 36 | 1.12 | |
| Teresio Vittorio Martinoli Award | Top Italian fighter kills | AZCMJake | 34 | 1.70 |
| C.205 | AZCMJake | 34 | 1.70 | |
| Ilmari Juutilainen Award | Top Finish fighter kills | ZE | 40 | 1.82 |
| Brewster B-239 | ZE | 40 | 1.82 | |
| Tankers: | ||||
| T-34/85 | LitlBlue | 407 | 1.93 | |
| M-18 | MrTaco | 161 | 1.56 | |
| JagdPanzer IV | 27th | 120 | 2.67 | |
| JagdPanther | SMcGavin | 96 | 3.56 | |
| Panther | BUB | 82 | 3.42 | |
| Panzer IV F | fishngy | 59 | 1.23 | |
| JagdPanzer 38 | 27th | 58 | 1.87 | |
| Panzer IV H | luttrel | 46 | 1.57 | |
| M-3 | Loopy | 45 | 1.00 | |
| T-34/76 | DocEvil | 36 | 1.16 | |
| Tiger 2 | Maineac1 | 131 | 7.28 | |
Short month with the late start to the tour and also the day early end.
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Special Events Announcements / FSO: July - The Battle of Okinawa - 11PM EST/3AM UTC SEA1 Fr3
« Last post by Spikes on Today at 12:04:36 PM »THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA
The Pacific War was nearing its close. The Japanese were now being defeated on every front and rapidly falling back to the
Japanese home islands. The IJF's last stand to avert the inevitable invasion of the home island of Japan was Okinawa. The
Japanese would put every available man and boy into the battle to buy time before the final invasion.
The Japanese were opposed by the formidable US Industrial juggernaut, the United States Navy Pacific Fleet Task Force 50.
By itself, the US Fleet was composed of 7 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers, 18 escort carriers, 8 fast battleships, 10 old battleships,
14 heavy cruisers, 17 light cruisers, 132 destroyers, 45 destroyer escorts. The number of aircraft available for operations to
the fleet was between 500 and 1,100 offensive aircraft. The Americans had the capability of sending out 175 aircraft to one
objective.
But as had been throughout the war, the Japanese would not go quietly into the night in defeat. The Japanese Divine Wind
would save Japan as it did against the Mongols and Kublai Khan in 1274. The volunteer pilots of the two Typhoons would
destroy the spirit of the Americans and send them into retreat for their lives. Whereas the Kamikazes did not avert the fall
of Japan, they did account for a list of 147 ships damaged, destroyed, or sunk, including the deaths of 4582 combatant sailors.
The effort was admirable, but it was also too late.
Join the FSO community for the fast-paced, hard-hitting battle of agony and defeat in the Battle of Okinawa.
Event Write-up
Frame Dates:
July 11, 2025
July 18, 2025
July 25, 2025
The Pacific War was nearing its close. The Japanese were now being defeated on every front and rapidly falling back to the
Japanese home islands. The IJF's last stand to avert the inevitable invasion of the home island of Japan was Okinawa. The
Japanese would put every available man and boy into the battle to buy time before the final invasion.
The Japanese were opposed by the formidable US Industrial juggernaut, the United States Navy Pacific Fleet Task Force 50.
By itself, the US Fleet was composed of 7 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers, 18 escort carriers, 8 fast battleships, 10 old battleships,
14 heavy cruisers, 17 light cruisers, 132 destroyers, 45 destroyer escorts. The number of aircraft available for operations to
the fleet was between 500 and 1,100 offensive aircraft. The Americans had the capability of sending out 175 aircraft to one
objective.
But as had been throughout the war, the Japanese would not go quietly into the night in defeat. The Japanese Divine Wind
would save Japan as it did against the Mongols and Kublai Khan in 1274. The volunteer pilots of the two Typhoons would
destroy the spirit of the Americans and send them into retreat for their lives. Whereas the Kamikazes did not avert the fall
of Japan, they did account for a list of 147 ships damaged, destroyed, or sunk, including the deaths of 4582 combatant sailors.
The effort was admirable, but it was also too late.
Join the FSO community for the fast-paced, hard-hitting battle of agony and defeat in the Battle of Okinawa.
Event Write-up
Frame Dates:
July 11, 2025
July 18, 2025
July 25, 2025
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Special Events Announcements / FSO: July - The Battle of Okinawa - 11PM EST/3AM UTC SEA1 Fr2
« Last post by Spikes on Today at 12:03:52 PM »THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA
The Pacific War was nearing its close. The Japanese were now being defeated on every front and rapidly falling back to the
Japanese home islands. The IJF's last stand to avert the inevitable invasion of the home island of Japan was Okinawa. The
Japanese would put every available man and boy into the battle to buy time before the final invasion.
The Japanese were opposed by the formidable US Industrial juggernaut, the United States Navy Pacific Fleet Task Force 50.
By itself, the US Fleet was composed of 7 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers, 18 escort carriers, 8 fast battleships, 10 old battleships,
14 heavy cruisers, 17 light cruisers, 132 destroyers, 45 destroyer escorts. The number of aircraft available for operations to
the fleet was between 500 and 1,100 offensive aircraft. The Americans had the capability of sending out 175 aircraft to one
objective.
But as had been throughout the war, the Japanese would not go quietly into the night in defeat. The Japanese Divine Wind
would save Japan as it did against the Mongols and Kublai Khan in 1274. The volunteer pilots of the two Typhoons would
destroy the spirit of the Americans and send them into retreat for their lives. Whereas the Kamikazes did not avert the fall
of Japan, they did account for a list of 147 ships damaged, destroyed, or sunk, including the deaths of 4582 combatant sailors.
The effort was admirable, but it was also too late.
Join the FSO community for the fast-paced, hard-hitting battle of agony and defeat in the Battle of Okinawa.
Event Write-up
Frame Dates:
July 11, 2025
July 18, 2025
July 25, 2025
The Pacific War was nearing its close. The Japanese were now being defeated on every front and rapidly falling back to the
Japanese home islands. The IJF's last stand to avert the inevitable invasion of the home island of Japan was Okinawa. The
Japanese would put every available man and boy into the battle to buy time before the final invasion.
The Japanese were opposed by the formidable US Industrial juggernaut, the United States Navy Pacific Fleet Task Force 50.
By itself, the US Fleet was composed of 7 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers, 18 escort carriers, 8 fast battleships, 10 old battleships,
14 heavy cruisers, 17 light cruisers, 132 destroyers, 45 destroyer escorts. The number of aircraft available for operations to
the fleet was between 500 and 1,100 offensive aircraft. The Americans had the capability of sending out 175 aircraft to one
objective.
But as had been throughout the war, the Japanese would not go quietly into the night in defeat. The Japanese Divine Wind
would save Japan as it did against the Mongols and Kublai Khan in 1274. The volunteer pilots of the two Typhoons would
destroy the spirit of the Americans and send them into retreat for their lives. Whereas the Kamikazes did not avert the fall
of Japan, they did account for a list of 147 ships damaged, destroyed, or sunk, including the deaths of 4582 combatant sailors.
The effort was admirable, but it was also too late.
Join the FSO community for the fast-paced, hard-hitting battle of agony and defeat in the Battle of Okinawa.
Event Write-up
Frame Dates:
July 11, 2025
July 18, 2025
July 25, 2025
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Special Events Announcements / FSO: July - The Battle of Okinawa - 11PM EST/3AM UTC SEA1 Fr1
« Last post by Spikes on Today at 12:03:21 PM »THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA
The Pacific War was nearing its close. The Japanese were now being defeated on every front and rapidly falling back to the
Japanese home islands. The IJF's last stand to avert the inevitable invasion of the home island of Japan was Okinawa. The
Japanese would put every available man and boy into the battle to buy time before the final invasion.
The Japanese were opposed by the formidable US Industrial juggernaut, the United States Navy Pacific Fleet Task Force 50.
By itself, the US Fleet was composed of 7 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers, 18 escort carriers, 8 fast battleships, 10 old battleships,
14 heavy cruisers, 17 light cruisers, 132 destroyers, 45 destroyer escorts. The number of aircraft available for operations to
the fleet was between 500 and 1,100 offensive aircraft. The Americans had the capability of sending out 175 aircraft to one
objective.
But as had been throughout the war, the Japanese would not go quietly into the night in defeat. The Japanese Divine Wind
would save Japan as it did against the Mongols and Kublai Khan in 1274. The volunteer pilots of the two Typhoons would
destroy the spirit of the Americans and send them into retreat for their lives. Whereas the Kamikazes did not avert the fall
of Japan, they did account for a list of 147 ships damaged, destroyed, or sunk, including the deaths of 4582 combatant sailors.
The effort was admirable, but it was also too late.
Join the FSO community for the fast-paced, hard-hitting battle of agony and defeat in the Battle of Okinawa.
Event Write-up
Frame Dates:
July 11, 2025
July 18, 2025
July 25, 2025
The Pacific War was nearing its close. The Japanese were now being defeated on every front and rapidly falling back to the
Japanese home islands. The IJF's last stand to avert the inevitable invasion of the home island of Japan was Okinawa. The
Japanese would put every available man and boy into the battle to buy time before the final invasion.
The Japanese were opposed by the formidable US Industrial juggernaut, the United States Navy Pacific Fleet Task Force 50.
By itself, the US Fleet was composed of 7 fleet carriers, 6 light carriers, 18 escort carriers, 8 fast battleships, 10 old battleships,
14 heavy cruisers, 17 light cruisers, 132 destroyers, 45 destroyer escorts. The number of aircraft available for operations to
the fleet was between 500 and 1,100 offensive aircraft. The Americans had the capability of sending out 175 aircraft to one
objective.
But as had been throughout the war, the Japanese would not go quietly into the night in defeat. The Japanese Divine Wind
would save Japan as it did against the Mongols and Kublai Khan in 1274. The volunteer pilots of the two Typhoons would
destroy the spirit of the Americans and send them into retreat for their lives. Whereas the Kamikazes did not avert the fall
of Japan, they did account for a list of 147 ships damaged, destroyed, or sunk, including the deaths of 4582 combatant sailors.
The effort was admirable, but it was also too late.
Join the FSO community for the fast-paced, hard-hitting battle of agony and defeat in the Battle of Okinawa.
Event Write-up
Frame Dates:
July 11, 2025
July 18, 2025
July 25, 2025
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Aces High General Discussion / Re: The return of sqwigly?
« Last post by Shuffler on Today at 11:59:12 AM »Lots of us old geezers around. 
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The O' Club / Re: An intersting discussion on AI augmented programming
« Last post by CptTrips on Today at 10:58:42 AM »I can't imagine not liking an Arthur C. Clarke book. Rendevous with Rama is supposed to come to the screen eventually.
I've heard that for over a decade.
I think it would make a better VR game than a movie. Imagine being at the door at the hub in VR turning on the lights and a whole worlds on rolls in front of you in 3d. Imagine being down on the ring sea in high waves look at the other half of the world arching over your head.
Imagine the hours of game play exploring.
I'd buy THAT on Steam! Even in Early Access!
And you wouldn't have to build the whole thing. You sell it in ring expansion packs. Start with the hub and the first two rings and keep selling expansion rings until you have traversed the cylinder.
Then you can expand to ships two and three later with new content.
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The O' Club / Re: An intersting discussion on AI augmented programming
« Last post by AKIron on Today at 10:33:04 AM »I can't imagine not liking an Arthur C. Clarke book. Rendevous with Rama is supposed to come to the screen eventually.
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The O' Club / Re: An intersting discussion on AI augmented programming
« Last post by CptTrips on Today at 10:24:49 AM »Just bought 2061 and 3001 Kindle version for $1.99 each.
Let me know if you like them, but I bet you were robbed.
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The O' Club / Re: An intersting discussion on AI augmented programming
« Last post by AKIron on Today at 10:23:26 AM »Just bought 2061 and 3001 Kindle version for $1.99 each.