Barksdale is home to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW), the oldest Bomb Wing in the USAF. The 2nd BW is assigned to the Air Force Global Strike Command's"Mighty Eighth" Air Force, of World War II fame. The 2nd BW is equipped with about 44 B-52H Stratofortress bombers among three squadrons - the 11th Bomb Squadron with a gold tail stripe; the 20th Bomb Squadron with a blue tail stripe; and the 96th Bomb Squadron with a red tail stripe. Each unit is represented in this scenery package.   Other aircraft st

Due to the summer holidays and Gamescon, not much new news to pass along this week. The team is mostly focused on getting the 1.2.6 open beta ready (it is basically in alpha testing now internally). For those that wish to participate in the open beta, we hope these open betas will benefit checking bug fixes in 1.2.6 like more stable network play in particular. The team has also been busy supporting BST with the upcoming beta release DCS: Mi-8MTV2, working on the new flight dynamics for the Su-27

Fly the entire state - BORDER to BORDER - of California in photoreal detail. The third largest state in the USA, California is massive at over 163,695 square miles in size and has 600 airports. You'll see everything that you see in California in real life in the scenery. Imagery is clear and crisp 50 cm source throughout for a stunningly realistic scenery. As an added bonus, we now provide all the VFR and IFR charts in digital PDF format to enable you to get the most out of your scenery. This

CombatACE is looking for some journalism staff that enjoy doing small write ups, reviews of products, and interviews with community members. Finding someone for the key roll of editor in chief is a critical component to our future. If you are interested in performing this very important role and have time on your hands I'd like to discuss a future with you. Please PM me directly and let's find a place to showcase your talents. All interested will be considered.    

Are you ready to fly one of the most historic and famous Allied fighters of WWII? Ready to explore the performance boundaries and dangers of training? Ready for some low-level dog fighting, fighter-bomber missions, long-range ferry missions, ground strafing? And ready to fly these missions in any climate on Earth, in any season? Then these aircraft are for you. Outstanding as a close ground support aircraft, the P-40 somehow gained a post-war reputation as a mediocre design as an air superiorit

The past week, most of the team has been occupied with: 1- FC3 bugs 2- Supporting UH-1H and Mi-8MTV2 3- Various system changes that span multiple modules 4- Rendering engine 5- Steam and Gamefly launch A new update was released today (1.2.5.16508.227), but the only change is that it provides compatibility with the release of DCS World and modules on Gamefly. In the near future we will be building the first 1.2.6 branch. For those that care to take part, this will be available as open beta in

NTSB: No Engine Failure in Fatal UPS Plane Crash   Reported this afternoon by the examiners who recovered the flight recorders from the fatal crash of the Airbus A-300 Cargo Jet that landed short of the runway in Birmingham Alabama that no engine failures were reported at the time of the crash. Other indications reported that everything was reporting normally. With the recent crash of the Asiana flight into San Francisco it leaves one to wonder at what point does a pilot stop flying the aircra