Good Newish Flying games with career advancements?

My favourite game growing up was the old dos game Red Baron.

You used to start off as a low ranked pilot, with some dodgy plane, and had to complete campaign missions to earn medals, ranks, new paintschemes, and new planes.

The fun of a flightsim with the extra RPG-esque elements was great.

Is there any newish (2000s) games that have a really good campaign?

Flightsim can be from any era. WW1 / WW2 / modern etc.

What I am looking for though is a campaign that rewards you for your work. Not just a string of missions in the same plane with no incentive to go on, but something that gradually works you up through the ranks and aircraft and/or rewards you for your work in the air.

Know any?

[edit on 2-2-2009 by fooffstarr]

flight sim X with with Xcellerator pack is pretty good.

cant go wrong with the latest combat flight sim either.

i did play another recently which was part strategy part flight sim, i cant remember the name but give me some time and ill dig it up as i have it here somewhere.