Spirit is correct about the USA planes, they are the hardest to fly, hard before level 6 a bit better after level 6 but still hardest for me, they turn slow and you cannot get your sights lined up when you turn after an enemy often shooting into empty space and wasting ammo don't just play them because they are your country, Jap planes are bit weak in firepower early in game but they start getting better and the Reissen is their best plane so far for me on level 8, German planes early on are also a bit weak in firepower but they are nice looking planes and fly well, but when you start getting the BF109's (Messershmidts) then you start rocking baby, British planes have good all round selection Hurricanes very reliable Beaufighters very tough but a bit hard to fly and of course the plane that won WW2 the greatest plane ever made the Spitfire is a great choice in this game, but best of all in this game i been saying it forever are the Russian planes, get an Aircobra at about level 6 and you start kicking arse but then start picking up the Yaks until you get big fucking 37MM and 45MM cannons one shot and the enemy planes disintegrate, Leadfinger playing and ranking up with all countries don't take all your Silver, you just gotta choose what to buy at the time, you dont have to buy lots of planes at once, i usually wait until i have around 250,000 silver lions then go take a look at what is available but don't forget the hidden crew costs, the price of the plane is not the only Silver you have to shell out on, i done it myself ie i bought a plane then found i never had enough money left for the crew so couldn't fly i until i got more points, as for spending points after a game you don't always earn upgrades so no money needs to be spent but i usually earn more in a game then i spend anyway so i am always in the black.......Spirit you can buy modifications for Russian planes that increase your ammo.