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Dev Blog 88 is out! We’re starting a series on the Deck Ops expansion. In the first installment, we take a closer look at the Grumman F9F-2 Panther, the first carrier-based jet fighter to see combat. Read more: media.il2-korea.com/news/dd_…

Pilots, Hotfix 1.004b is now available! Thanks to your reports, we have identified and fixed some of the most critical issues affecting update 1.004: - fixed the rendering of clouds and aircraft on AMD graphics cards; - fixed dedicated server crashes when playing Ranked mode; - fixed the saving of detailed sortie data in Career mode; - fixed aircraft control commands being triggered unintentionally when opening the menu, briefing, or statistics screen in flight; -added AI-controlled aircraft and other players’ aircraft to telemetry output. We're continuing to work on additional fixes for the next update. Please keep sharing your observations: your feedback helps us prioritize our work on future updates. See you in the skies of Korea!

On October 1, 1947, the XP-86 first flew. It was the prototype of the aircraft that would become the F-86 Sabre. Its swept wings helped address one of the great challenges of early jet aviation: maintaining control as aircraft approached higher speeds. At the time, it was still experimental. Within a few years, the Sabre would become one of the defining aircraft of the air war over Korea. The F-86A entered combat against the MiG-15 in late 1950. Their encounters became one of the most memorable chapters in aviation history - a chapter you can experience from the cockpit of the F-86A-5 in Korea. IL-2 Series. Seventy-nine years after its first flight, the Sabre’s story lives on in the skies over Korea.