My first couple of missions in the IL2 Dark Blue World 1916 'Code of Honour' campaign hadn't given me much experience of dogfighting. It was to remedy this that I returned to skies over the Western Front with the RFC's 56 Squadron. This time, I got my money's worth (proverbially speaking, of course, the mod & campaign being free).   From the mission briefing below, you'll see that an obliging Hun pilot had evidently decided to help me fill the air-to-air gap in my logbook, by challenging m

WhiteBoySamurai is one our most well respected modders here on the site, without him SF2NA wouldn't be nearly as interesting (or nearly as dangerous!)   Hey, thanks for taking time out for me and the guys here at the site. A couple of starters real quick, where are you from, and what do you do for a living?   I'm in my early 30s. I was born and raised in Boston, MA, and later spent a large portion of my life in Hawaii. I've been living in Nagoya, Japan for almost 5 years now. Right now I'm d

CombatACE Spotlight Special With ravenclaw_007   "This place was and still is great ...Especially the willingness of helping newbies to make there first step into moding and eventually to become a modder is something I like very much on CA" -ravenclaw_007   For this week’s CombatACE Spotlight Special our next mod author calls Germany his home; a home served well, and who has been a member here at CombatACE for seven years. He is also known for his helpful nature and for the many weapons he

Tuesday, 08 October 2013 DCS 1.2.6.18933 Update 2 Change Log   DCS World Fixed a crash caused by AI in certain conditions. Fixed crash caused by fullscreen mode failing to initialize when using multimonitor presets (fall back to windowed mode in case of fail). Multiplayer. Fixed client crash caused by AWACS being killed. Kh-22 missile 3D model corrected. Su-25T. Laser Rangefinder doesn't turned OFF when Route mode selected is fixed.     DCS: A-10C Warthog Fixed crash caused by Mission Pre

A campaign mission in the RAF's short-lived twin-engined fighter   I thought I'd fill time to my next report on IL2 WW1 mod DBW 1916 by posting my impressions - in the form of a campaign mission report - of a recently-released and very welcome addition to IL-2's Second World War planeset - the Westland Whirlwind.     Children of 'the Airfix Generation' like myself will likely know this aeroplane from the great kit-maker's 1/72 scale incarnation. The aircraft itself wasn't a great success.

Interview With 76.IAP-Blackbird   From the other side of the Iron Curtain this next modder, who now resides in the Chez Rebublic is 76.IAP-Blackbird. He has been member here at CombatACE for nine years. His most notable file is the TU-22KD. Thank you 76.IAP-Blackbird for doing the interview with us.   "I`m amazed to have been here for 9 years... Thank you guys for the great time ..." -76.IAP-Blackbird   So, can you tell us a little about yourself? I was born in Prague in 1984, on the othe

CombatACE Interview With Dels   The next modder I would like to introduce hails from Sydney Australia. Dels has been a member here since 2004 and his most notable file is the AH-64 Package whose link is at the bottom of the interview. Thank you Dels for allowing us to interview you.   So, can you tell us a little about yourself? I am 32 years old, married with three boys that constantly keep me on my feet. I work as a flying instructor in the Royal Australian Air Force with most of my time