Sino-Japanese
Defense of the Empire

we'll have to be a bit ruthless and get the list down to about a dozen or so for starters...

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we'll have to be a bit ruthless and get the list down to about a dozen or so for starters...

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Hi all!

I agree with that, a dozen to choose from would be cool... I think (it's a personal opinion, not a final decision) that we should not exceed 6 Campaigns next year. I would say three for the first six months (January until end of May) and three for the remaining six (June to december). Comments on that welcome of course!

I also think that the Campaigns should cover all eras from WW1 to modern. Only WW2 Campaigns wouldn't be acceptable for example. So we should also split the list into eras. Of course there are Campaigns that cover several eras. The "Trainers" suggestion (I choosed this one because it was the first of the list) would allow vintage or modern aircraft to be elligible. Comments on that also welcome...

Concerning the Campaign Leaders, it is very important that the various propositions are associated with a member's name. If you submit a suggestion, you must be aware that YOU will have to lead the Campaign. This is important as such a group build requires some work and management. I would also encourage people to build up a team to avoid the "Disapearing Campaign Leader Syndrom". In the future, it would be nice if the Campaign Leader has some kind of substitute, just in case...

We have three months to sort that out so there is no need to rush yet. But I think right now is the perfect timing to discuss this

Jean-Luc

...maybe it would be a good idea to combine some of them...

Splitting the list into eras like this?

WWI (up to 1935)
Trainers....(Trainers Campaign)
X-planes and Prototypes....(X-Planes and Prototype Campaign)
Balloon Busters (5 balloon kills or more)
Under different colours
R.A.F
Your OWN bird....(Ace Campaign)
Bloody April

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WWII (up to 1949)
Malta
Trainers(Trainers Campaign)
X-planes and Prototypes....(X-Planes and Prototype Campaign)
Under different colours
Sino-Japanese War....(Asia Campaign)
Tank destroyers...(Down To Earth Campaign)
R.A.F
Battle of Coral Sea....(Pacific Campaign)
Battle of Midway....(Pacific Campaign)
Black Cats & Dumbos....(Pacific Campaign)
Battle of Guadacanal....(Pacific Campaign)
Anti shipping...(Down To Earth Campaign)
Spitfire international
Cats (Wildcat, Hellcat, Bearcat, Tigercat.....)....(Ironworks Campaign)
SEAC
Mine Bay....(Defense Campaign)
Battle of Bismarck Sea....(Pacific Campaign)
Bombing of Darwin....(ANZAC Campaign)
Doolittle Raid....(Down To Earth Campaign)
Pearl Harbor....(Pacific Campaign)
Pathfinders
Operation "Judgement"...(Down To Earth Campaign)
Operation "Carthage"...(Down To Earth Campaign)
Operation "Jericho"...(Down To Earth Campaign)
Defense of the Empire....(Defense Campaign)
Defense of the Reich....(Defense Campaign)
Blitzkrieg
Your OWN bird....(Ace Campaign)
Biscay Bay

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Cold War (up 1975)
Trainers(Trainers Campaign)
X-planes and Prototypes....(X-Planes and Prototype Campaign)
R.A.F
Nato Tiger Meet
Postwar Fleet Air Arm
Cold war '49-'75
Helicopter....(Helicopter Campaign)
Your OWN bird....(Ace Campaign)
Korea
Vietnam
SEAR/Firefighters....(Unsung Heroes Campaign)

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Modern (up to today)
Trainers(Trainers Campaign)
X-planes and Prototypes....(X-Planes and Prototype Campaign)
Tank destroyers....(Down To Earth Campaign)
R.A.F
Nato Tiger Meet
Postwar Fleet Air Arm
Cold war '75-'89
F-14 Tomcat
Helicopter....(Helicopter Campaign)
SEAC
Your OWN bird....(Ace Campaign)
SEAR/Firefighters....(Unsung Heroes Campaign)

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Special....

USAF 60 years!

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...maybe it would be a good idea to combine some of them...

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That's exactly the way we'll have to go to get this down to a reasonable number.

I did a few more changes in the list, worked the Pacific Campaigns down to six,

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Splitting the list into eras like this?

WWI (up to 1935)

Balloon Busters (5 balloon kills or more)
Under different colours
Bloody April

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WWII (up to 1949)

Malta
Under different colours
Sino-Japanese War....(Asia Campaign)

[b]Pearl Harbor, Battle of Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, Milne Bay and Bismarck Sea, Bombing of Darwing....(Pacific Campaign)
All these except Guadalcanal, Milne Bay and Bismarck Sea was in the first half of 1942. But I squeeze them all together and made one Campaign of them. We can call the campaign "The turn of the tide", when things started to go the right way for the Allies.


[b]Operation "Judgement" "Carthage" "Jericho" "Doolittle Raid" "Tank destroyers" "Anti shipping and Black Cats & Dumbos...(Down To Earth Campaign)
This I made to one as well. Here we can have everything that has anything to do with strafing and so on....

Cats (Wildcat, Hellcat, Bearcat, Tigercat.....)....(Ironworks Campaign)
Pathfinders
Defense of the Empire, Reich....(Defense Campaign)
Blitzkrieg
Biscay Bay

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Cold War (up 1975)

Nato Tiger Meet
Postwar Fleet Air Arm
Cold war '49-'75
Helicopter....(Helicopter Campaign)
Korea
Vietnam

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Modern (up to today)

Nato Tiger Meet
Postwar Fleet Air Arm
Cold war '75-'89
F-14 Tomcat
Helicopter....(Helicopter Campaign)
SEAC

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Special....
X-planes and Prototypes....(X-Planes and Prototype Campaign)
USAF 60 years!
R.A.F
Your OWN bird....(Ace Campaign)
Trainers(Trainers Campaign)
Spitfire international
SEAR/Firefighters....(Unsung Heroes Campaign)

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Something like this maybe Rowan? The campaign names are just so that I new what I was doing...lol!