F-51 Mustang
The P-51 Mustang was apparently known as the F-51 in the Korean War. What was one of the most formidable and effective air superiority machines in WW2 was, only 5 years later relegated mainly to a ground attack role. The jet age had begun.
Anti Aircraft Artillery (AAA) makes life exciting , with luminous streams of tracers curving skyward and converging on your aircraft.
Napalm was the weapon most feared by the North. A mixture of gasoline and detergent, it covered everything, including flesh, and caused horrific injuries. Thankfully flight sims spare us the "up close and personal" perspective of weapon effects.
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From the reference material included with the sim.
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Now speaking of keeping an eye on things - and this is not an excuse - not really....... but check out the size of my flight leader as he manoeuvers over the rolling terrain, between strafing runs. Not easy to keep a bead on! He is just below the hill top - in line with my canopy vertical side rail.
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I finally caught up with the flight and was struggling to formate.
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Back home - check out the terrain textures - the village - paddy fields - forested areas - the base itself.
These screenshots were taken on a Pentium 4 3.0GHz using a ATI Radeon 9600 XT graphics card.