Did anyone ever get a dollar amount what it would cost to actually use the aircraft with their names? Given that Lockheed is used to bilking the US taxpayers out of billions, I'd imagine it would be a substantial amount that would render using them useless since the game would never make enough to pay for them.

The whole situation is disgusting since Grumman/Lockheed built those aircraft with 100% taxpayer money, so really all those WWII aircraft should be public domain (at least in the US). Is Lockheed afraid that someone is going to buy a pacific theater game instead of a real Wildcat or TBF Avenger?

Do other games have to pay to use the Sherman tank? The Willy's Jeep, or the dozens of other vehicles that companies still "own" the rights to?