realistic air combat games/simulators

[morningstar]

I have been out of the games game since about 1996. I have no idea what will be the best "guns only" air-to-air combat game. Something that runs WWII planes up through the Crusader. It would be cool also to have an A-1 and A-6 ground attack option. Also what is a good reasonably priced stick, throttle and pedals controller?

Gotta be some hardcore gamers here...

Thankee

morningstar

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

Blazing Angels; It's a bit more arcadey but it's great. Played it in an arcade a few years ago & had to go buy it for PC...

[marcnorth]

I started playing this one about a month ago and can't seem to stop. It's free to play but you can also buy stuff if you want to. You can use a joystick or the mouse and keyboard either one. It's a cool game.

http://warthunder.com/