718th TFW Netmeets have been getting hotter than ever

718th TFW Netmeets have been getting hotter than ever. Between Skater's Real-Battle-Damage (tm) monitor, the ingress to the meet (NYC driving), and Beltfed's fusebox, it's starting to look like a real war!

Circa 1996

Circa 1998

Besides meeting twice a week on the internet, the 718th officially meets twice a month in person to play the latest flight sims by LAN. Improved performance, along with the thrill of hearing your victims' screams in surround sound, make even the most intense internet play pale in comparison.The 718th practices team play as well as head to head with each sim. Recent favorites are Falcon 4, EAW (which we beta'd!) and WW2 Fighters. In addition we also get dirt nasty with ground action like Delta Force and Rainbow 6 from time to time

Netmeet sound files!
"Negative, 'K?"

Now available for public download are declassified mission voice recordings from various 718th deployments in the past. Specific locations cannot be mentioned for security reasons, but you can bet the action was hot! Careful, however, since pilots based in New York tend to sound a lot like sailors. :)

Three vs. three (RealAudio, 171k) - listen in as Slice, Skater, and CO Roustabout take on the powerhouse team of Beltfed, Teegra, and Predator. Listen closely as the webmaster teaches his foes that they're never safe while he's in the air - not even after they've ejected! Please note that although you can hear both teams in this audio file, the opposite sides cannot hear each other.
*NEW* Heavy Damage Remix: extended version (RealAudio, 477k)

"Skater's out of the aircraft..." (RealAudio, 541k) Once again Slice, Skater and Roustabout take on the unbeatable team of Beltfed, Teegra, and Predator, with disastrous results. Listen in as our former CO watches his team get wiped out while hanging from his parachute.

"Are we using jammers yet?" (RealAudio, 390k) - Skill, technology, teamwork, and expletives aren't enough to save a detachment of 718th pilots flying F16's against a heavily escorted strike package somewhere in Eastern Europe.

Vintage Falcons (RealAudio, 231k) - In this classic engagement, the 718th goes 2v2 in F16A's, using the venerable Falcon 3.0, the sim upon which the Skyscrapers were founded. Again, you can hear both sides, but they cannot hear each other.