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ACTIVE ROSTER : StarKnights

"Bleach for the Map!"

 

PRESIDENT FOR LIFE- GENERAL STAR (+STAR): BORN NYC TOO MANY YEARS AGO, NOW LIVING IN SUBURBAN NEW ORLEANS AND PRACTICING MEDICINE WITH WIFE/PARTNER OF 17 YEARS, 2 GREAT KIDS (WIZZ BEING ONE); INTEREST IN WWII AVIATION FROM FATHER'S 4 YEAR STINT IN USAAC, ABOARD A B26 (SO MANY STORIES OF WHAT A BAD GLIDE RATIO CAN MAKE A GROWN MAN DO) HOBBIES: WINE/TRAVEL/BASEBALL & AW3

XO - BG ZAP (ZAP): EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE STARKNIGHTS (XO) DOB: LATE 1940'S (PRE-CIVILIZATION...DIDN'T OWN A TV UNTIL 1959..MOVIES WERE $.25 FOR A SATURDAY MATINEE) MARRIED FOR 30 YEARS TO THE SAME OLD WOMAN (DIANE)..3 RUG-RATS..SHANE, ERIC AND MELISSA...2 DOGS AND A CAT! RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE IN 1995 AS A SGM WITH 26 GLORIOUS YEARS OF SERVICE. BEEN FLYING AIR WARRIOR FOR 3 YEARS, ORIGINALLY IN AOL...THEN THE AW2 BETA…THEN BACK TO AOL...THEN GAMESTORM AW3. IN THE ARENA ZAP IS ABLE TO LEAP OVER MILK CARTONS IN A SINGLE BOUND AND IS FASTER THAN A BROKEN RUBBER BAND! FAVORITE BUFF IS THE MOSQUITO....FAVORITE FIGHTER THE LA5...WEIRD HUH?

XO -BG JAKES (JAKES): EXECUTIVE OFFICER, NAMED AFTER THE FAMOUS JACOB JAKES, WHO USED A DODGE ASPEN IN THE MONTE-CARLO 500 AND WON THIRD PLACE. FLIES A26s SO CLOSE TO THE GROUND THAT BIRDS NESTS CAN BE SEEN IN 3D RENDERING.

XO - COL BUG1 (BUG1)-EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FLIES WITH THE BEST OF THEM... OFTEN FOUND OVER MOGGY COORDINATING BETWEEN THE STARKNIGHTS AND THE AUSSIE SQUADRONS. AN ASSET TO ANY EFFORT IN THE AIR.

OCOL SMYTE (SM!TE): NAME CHRIS OSMOND BORN:MAY 1964 RESIDENCE:BERMUDA OCCUPATION:AIRCRAFT CATERER HOBBIES:FISHING,GOLF,PC GAMES,SURFING FOR PORN. DEPENDENTS:MY PC (THE ANTI CHRIST) HEIGHT:TALL WEIGHT:A LOT NICKNAME:BIRD .(IN BERMUDA) AND HEY MUTHER IN NEW YORK.THE GROUND FEARS ME - BUT ONCE IN A WHILE I GET TO SHOOT DOWN SUM DUMB S.O.B.

COL SPIRIT (SPIRI)- SQUAD CHAPLAIN FOR THE STARKNIGHTS TO ENSURE THAT WE MAKE AMENDS FOR FLYING ON SUNDAY MORNINGS. HIS MOTTO IS "STARKNIGHTS TUNE 777." IT IS RUMORED THAT HE HAS PETITIONED TO GIVE UP THE 'COLLAR' AND BE THE S2 OF THE 'KNIGHTS. HIS DEEPSTRIKE TACTIC HAS BEEN CITED ON AT LEAST 3 WEBSITES ON THE NET.

COL GRIF (gryf):Another quote: "AFTER FLYING A MISSION WITH GENERAL STAR, I SIGNED ON WITH THE STARKNIGHTS. IT HAS CHANGED MY ENJOYMENT OF THE GAME FOR THE BETTER, WHICH I DIDN'T THINK WAS POSSIBLE. I'M LEARNING TO BE A BETTER PILOT (THANK GOODNESS) AND HAVING A BUNCH OF FUN WITH A GREAT BUNCH OF GUYS. NEVER WOULD I HAVE THOUGHT THAT I WOULD BE HOOKED PLAYING A COMPUTER GAME ONLINE. I WASN'T BROUGHT UP IN THE NINTENDO GENERATION (REMEMBER PONG?)."

COL GP-1 (GP1) WHEN GP-1 ENTERS THE ARENA, EVERY PONY PILOT GETS THE MESSAGE "HIGH-BLOWER ENGAGES" WHATEVER THAT MEANS...

OPS OFFICER - LTC ZIP STARKNIGHTS (+ZIP) MARRIED - 2 CHILDREN, BOY 7 AND GIRL 9. CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF AWIII. RETIRED U.S. ARMY (MSG) LAST POSITION HELD WAS CSM AT EMERGENCY OPS CENTER NEAR DC. 30 YEARS SERVICE. NOW MOON-LIGHTING WITH AT&T AS SYSTEMS ASSISTANT AND DEPARTMENT OF STATE PASSPORT INFO REPRESENTATIVE.WIFE IS EMERGENCY ROOM NURSE AND HATES AWIII. HAVE COMPUTER BUSINESS ON SIDE DOING INSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATIONS FOR A LOCAL ISP AS THEIR TECH REP. WOUNDED IN RVN IN JUNE 1965 WITH TOTAL OF 6 1/2 YEARS IN COUNTRY (LOVED THE RICE) NEED A GUNNER, INVITE ME, NEED A SUICIDE MISSION, GIVE ME ORDERS.

LTC MAG7 - IF HE IS SHOT DOWN IN CZ TERRITORY HE OFTEN GOES DOOR TO DOOR IN THE NEAREST VILLAGE ASKING TO BORROW SUGAR. IF THEY REFUSE, HE SITS ON THEIR DOORSTEP AND REFUSES TO LEAVE. HONEST.

LTC GATR - One night, the Starknights were all bored, so we talked the Aussies into betting whether Croc1 or Gatr would win in a head to head duel. You know the Aussies... they bet on the Croc. Well... (actually... none of this is true.. I'll admit it up front and end the farce...)

LTC MIC#1 - The squad only has only one mic now, but plans to get more. That is thinking ahead! We are like that - always a step ahead!

LTC SLEKE - Calls himself sleke because he likes to fly the spit, the LA-5, and the zeke.

MAJ SWAMPY (Bswam): COMMO OFFICER FOR THE STARKNIGHTS. OFTEN FOUND DRIVING A C47 GOONEY BIRD AT ABOUT 50ft ABOVE CZ OR BZ LAND. DEFINES A GOOD FLIGHT AS ONE IN WHICH HE DOESN'T DROP HIS CIGAR. HE CONNECTS FROM KOREA CURRENTLY SERVING AS A U.S. ARMY CAPTAIN - HIS FLIGHT HOURS ARE A BIT STRANGE. "I CONSIDER MYSELF THE ADVANCED PARTY FOR THE STARKNIGHTS... AND I DO MORE BEFORE 9AM THAN I DO THE REST OF THE DAY." PROGRAMMED THIS WEBSITE.

MAG RUTRO: Like in the cartoon, the Jetsons. "Rutrow, Elroy!" And I DID NOT make that one up!

MAJ WD39 - This is actually the nomenclature for telephone wire that connects field phones in the Army of AZland. It comes on large spools. I thought it was neat someone knew that and made it their name.

CPT Chai: Once Bswam was hiding his gooney in a barn outside Owlburg and saw Chai land his YAK down the road aways. Upon investigation, Bswam found out Chai is married to the Owlburg Burgermeister's daughter! Really!

CPT ATTY: Atty is actually one of those big shot lawyers in the bahamas that sit on the beach and write novel in longhand on legal paper.

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CPT DIP (DIP)- CAN SOAR WITH THE EAGLES EVEN WHILE FLYING WITH TURKEYS. HE KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND THE COCKPIT. WILL LEAVE CRACKER CRUMBS IN THE BALL-TURRET THO.

CPT (RAF) HYPE (HYPE) - HYPE DISPIZES THE CZS SO MUCH THAT HE HAS VOWED THAT IF KESMAI EVER NAMES A CZ BASE AFTER HIM, HE WILL MAIL HIS AWIII CD, HIS JOYSTICK, AND HIS GAME-CONTROLLER TO THEM. THEY ARE SAID TO BE DISCUSSING THE MERITS OF THIS AT GAMESTORM HQ.

CPT MOEWE (MOEWE): DOB: 18.10.65 STUDENT OF DRINKTEC AT FH WIESBADEN-GEISENHEIM INTEREST: BREWING OWN BEER, SPECIALLY "BOCKBEER" AND "KÖLSCH" SERVICE: 15 MONTH AT GERMAN ARMY HELICOPTERS, HEEREFLIEGERREGIMENT 35, FLIEGENDE ABTEILUNG 351 CH-53, ALUETTE II CHILDREN: 2, A BOY: FREDERIK (2) AND A GIRL: FREDERIKE (5) AWIII-JOB: GOOD GUNNER, BUT LEARNING TO BE A GOOD BOMBER

GCPT (RAF) ALGERON SMYTHE (ALGY): SIR ALGERNON FORTESCUE-SMYTHE. O.B.E. OF BEDFORD, ENGLAND. AGE:36. D.O.B.: 9 MAY 1961 CHILDREN: NONE HE WILL ADMIT TO. COMMENTS: SETS HIMSELF VERY LOW STANDARDS WHICH HE CONSTANTLY FAILS TO ACHIEVE. AN INTERNATIONAL PLAYBOY AND BON VIVEUR - NOT OFFICER MATERIAL!

MIG (!MIG!): A Veteran AWIII pilot, and fiter ace, !MIG! soars over RRETO like an eagle, sharpening his talons for the next kill. Often has to return to Full Realism to keep the edge

1LT HIP: We in the squad have determine that the hipster has a serious AWIII problem. The story he related about doing a Split-S under the coffee table has something to do with that. We'd do an intervention, but he's from Canada, eh?

1LT BABA5: He watches a lot of Babylon 5.

2LT MIKEP - He lives in Cleveland, Ohio with Drew Cary. Been married for 11 Centuries (I mean Years) Children Bryan (9), Daniel (6). When not being killed by the Bz and Cz, works Programming/Operating my C.N.C. Hobbies include AW3, Bowling, Movies (Stop Laughing, I know he doesn't have a life!)

2LT COSMO - I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY THE ACTOR WHO PLAYED "COSMO KRAMER" ON SEINFELD. SEND HIM EMAIL AND HE WILL SEND YOU A SIGNED PHOTO. TRUST ME.

2LT JCJAM - ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURE EXPERT... TUNES TO 776 IN CASE 777 IS BEING INTERCEPTED.

2LT CROC1 - MAYBE HE USED TO BE GATR? GUESS NOT SINCE GATR IS HERE NOW TOO... THE MYSTERY CONTINUES...

MSG JAVA1 Name: Lance Main. Born: April 25, 1975 Residence: Niagara Falls, CANADA Occupation: Electronic Engineering Technican Electrican Status: Married (1 year)May 17, 1997 Hobbies: Slo-Pitch, Hockey, AWIII. Joined the Squad after flying with them on a mission when I helped take my first base!! Can be found where ever the squad needs me, Buzzing the tree tops in a C-47, High above the ground (30k) bombing the B's & C's in a A-26, or in the MIX of it all help his team mates!! ( Most of the time there helping me!!) Loves gunning for GOALY! even though GOALY gets upset when I leave my Beer cans in the lower TURRET!!

MSG +SA+: This guy won't tell us what his name means. I have it on authority that is because the initials stand for something that you can't say in AWIII. That's okay, cuz he's Y2K compliant.

Den33 - Den 33 of the Lake Mattagamon Cub Scouts fly with us when their Denmother isn't looking.

VUDU - Isn't that the name of an advanced jetfighter?

494 - Recently 494's jersey number was retired from the Starknights. It hangs on a rafter in General Star's computer room. I've seen it.

 

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MAJ WIZZ (+WIZZ): GEN STAR'S SON.... CAN PULL 10 G's WITHOUT BLACKING OUT. HAS BEEN SEEN FLYING AN P38 SO LOW TREES SCRAPE THE UNDERCARRIAGE. ACK STOPS FIRING WHEN HE IS AROUND BECAUSE IT FEARS HIS COUNTER-BATTERY ATTACK. CZ AND BZ WORMS SCURRY FOR THEIR FPs.

 

1LT RED SWAMP (rswam): BSWAMS OLDER BROTHER. LIVES IN THE GREAT STATE OF MAINE. HOBBIES INCLUDE RESTORING STEAM LOCOMOTIVES AND PRESERVING THE ALLAGASH WILDERNESS WATERWAY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. OFEN FOUND FLYING FAST AND LOW IN A FITER TO DO A JABO HIT AND RUN WITH LOW LEVEL DIVEBOMB.

 

 

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