First Red Tail review..Told ya!

[brando]

".....there really is no reason for those senseless falsifications, except a really dumb/careless audience is expected."

Which hits right on the truth, in my view. A box-office hit won't depend on a few thousand self-opinionated flight-simmers and their picky take on 'realism' or 'integrity' or any other long words. And, anyway, half of us will probably see it so that we can gripe about it afterwards.