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Tango01

29 Aug 2024 4:03 p.m. PST

" Continue to work on What a Fighter [WAF]. Think I have initiative worked out and changing altitude as well as the traits great climbing and great diving. Though the wildcat fighter wasn't a great diving aircraft the zero was a slow diving aircraft which functionally works out to the same thing for WAF. So what better time to bring out my Cactus Air Force squadron and take to the skies. This squadron is a mixed bag. They do have a positive kill ratio but they don't win a lot of missions and their reputation is even. Worse the Group commander isn't fond of them so they are the last folks to get spare parts. they are down to 5 ready wildcats with 2 more in the job…"