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Welcome to the US95th Aero Squadron - The Kicking Mules

Welcome to the US95th Aero Squadron, the "Kicking Mules". We are a virtual fighter squadron based upon the original WW1 US 95th Aero Squadron of the 1st Pursuit Group, United States Air Service, A.E.F. The US 95th Aero Squadron was the first American Flying Squadron to go to the front in the war of 1914-1918.

We mainly fly the pc flight simulation game Red Baron 3D released by Sierra. Although the Red Baron 3D pc game is no longer in production, it is still an immensely popular WW1 flight simulation game as evidenced by the large number of community web sites and forums dedicated to Red Baron.

Very recently, Sierra/Vivendi has made available the German version of Red Baron 2 for download. Please see the section below on Getting a Copy of the Red Baron game.

A new pc WW1 flight simulation game that is under development, and due for possible release in 2008, is Knights of the Sky by the GT game dev team. Most of the Red Baron community are looking forward to the release of this new game.

Getting a copy of the Red Baron game

Very recently, Sierra/Vivendi has made available the German version of Red Baron 2 for download, but you can easily convert it to an English version of Red Baron 3D.

The first thing you need to do is download the German version of RB2, but be aware the download is approximately 268MB in size and will take a long time to download on a dial up internet connection.

You can download the German version of RB2 from here: RB2 game download

Next you need to download three patches that will convert RB2 to the RB3D version and allow you to play RB3D on the internet.

The first patch file to convert RB2 to RB3D is approximately 11.4MB in size. You can download the patch here: RB2 to RB3D patch

The second patch file is approximately 23MB in size and is needed because it adds some files to complete the update of RB2 to RB3D. It can be downloaded here: RB23DMMP09.zip

The third patch file is approximately 1.4MB in size and is needed because it will allow you to find the RB3D internet game servers and play RB3D on the internet. It can be downloaded here: rb3d1078 patch

Now to install your Red Baron game...

Unzip the rb2_DE.zip file that you downloaded to a temporary folder (I created a folder on the desktop named rb2 and uzipped the files into it) and run setup.exe. It will install the RB2 game to your computer hard drive, usually installing it at C:\SIERRA\RedBaronII\.

Next run the rb3d_spr.exe patch file that you downloaded; it will upgrade RB2 to the RB3D version of the game.

Next unzip the RB23MMP09.zip file to C:\SIERRA\ and let it overwrite any files of the same name. It will add some files to complete the update of RB2 to RB3D.

Now run the rb3d1078.exe patch file that you downloaded; it will allow your RB2 upgraded to RB3D installed game to see all RB3D game servers on the internet and allow you to join in multiplayer games on the internet.

For detailed instructions with images about installing Red Baron, check here: Red Baron installation. Note: the page may take slightly longer to load because of the extra images in the instructions

Good luck and we hope to see you in the virtual skies of Red Baron!

Joining the US95th Aero Squadron

Enlistment in the US95th Aero Squadron is open to all interested pilots, without regard to race, religion, sex, age or national origin.

Requirements are simple: fly with honor and have fun. The benefits of enlistment with the US95th Aero Squadron are many, most important of which are the friendships you will make with the US95th pilots and those of the Red Baron community.

To request enlistment with the US95th Aero Squadron, email the CO of the US95th, US95Zardo, or you can email the US95th Web Admin.