Thanks for watching, Douglas. I'm considering doing another series on being a wingman instead of the leader of a flight. Unfortunately, as I've discovered, Those sorties take a long time because the AI pilots don't seem to be very aggressive. They also do really stupid stuff, and it's difficult to keep them alive. ;^)

Thanks for watching and commenting. One of the points of the "Aces" series was to not have any advantage on either side at the onset. I refrain from shooting at the opponent in the initial merge because I usually take them out immediately, and that makes for dull, short videos. ;^) I actually prefer head on shots when going up against opponents who have a more maneuverable plane than mine. Getting sucked into a turn fight against a more agile opponent usually doesn't end well. You invariably wind up "low and slow", and that is not a good place to be in any of the American planes, especially when going against Japanese planes. American planes aren't that good at turn fighting. Some of them do "okay", if you keep the speed up.