My first mission in a Banshee (US F2H-2, navy jet fighter) I got two kills. The next two missions, I got a kill each. All of those without a single mod on the plane. I was stoked! I thought this was finally a plane where I just seemed to know how to fly it! As if to confirm this, my next mission I killed 4 AI bombers. All of those missions, and the 4 or 5 in a row now where I've at best taken someone down in flames with me, and I have just over 1/2 of my first mod on the plane.

I'm not sure, but I think that maybe the +30% RP boost I cranked up seems to have been a bit unlucky...