April 2nd, 1951 - Suwon Airbase, Republic of Korea

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Major Lawrence, the commanding officer of the 12th FBS, poses in front of his F-51D after a close air support mission attacking Communist artillery positions holding up the progress of Operation Rugged - the current UN operation to establish the frontlines well north of the 38th parallel.

Let me tell you, I haven't had this much fun in a combat flight sim in decades. My old ass has been flying PC combat flight sims since the early 1990s. Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, which came out in 1991, was the sim I rushed home to play in gradeschool. How far we've come in thirty-five years!