Welcome to Aiwarfare fendergibson!
Take a look around and post any questions you have in these forums, at AWSN (Airwarfare Simulation Network,
http://www.airwarfare.com the new parent site), or at M4T,
http://www.mission4Today.com, our sister site, supporting IL-2 series of combat sims. Give the Download section at M4T special attention; you will find a huge amount of free resources for IL-2 there like utilities, skins,missions, campaigns, tutorials, you name it. We have it available for you 99% of the time. - We recently expanded the Gallery at M4T where members can upload pictures/screenshots; they are hosted free of charge
Also give the Knowledge base at M4T a visit (link is to the left at the main page). You will find a large amount of information about IL-2 there.
You'll find we're a very open and friendly bunch; IMHO the best Community on the web. I hope you enjoy your stay with us.
S! MaX