The Battle of the Channel 2026 | FC community campaign

[No.10_Ace_Ivo]

The No.10/J18 Squadron presents:
BATTLE OF THE CHANNEL 2026
This will be a campaign for the whole community to celebrate our 5th year of existence!

The missions will take place on the following dates

• Saturday January 31th 19:00 GMT: Test run for the mission (not the actual event)
• Saturday February 7th 19:00 GMT: Campaign 1st mission, during night (BLUE: ENTENTE, RED: CENTRAL)
• Saturday February 14th 19:00 GMT: Campaign 2nd mission, during daytime (BLUE: ENTENTE, RED: CENTRAL)
• Saturday February 21th 19:00 GMT: Campaign 3rd mission, during night (BLUE: CENTRAL, RED: ENTENTE)
• Saturday February 28th 19:00 GMT: Campaign 4th mission, during daytime (BLUE: CENTRAL, RED: ENTENTE)

As you can see we'll do a side switch again just like last year and we'll make 2 balanced teams. You certainly don't want to miss out on this year's edition, it's going to be a bit different this year (while we keep the spirit from previous editions) to give you a truly unique, tense and immersive gameplay experience in IL2. Furthermore it's a great opportunity to fly together with the whole WW1 community! So definitely make sure to save these dates to your agenda.

To register and to find all necessary information, make sure to join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/53EVZqsSs5

PS: a full announcement with signup, trailer and all the event info will come in the beginning of next year.

[Sayan]

Our Discord is blocked. How can I join and find out more about the event?

[No.10_Ace_Ivo]

BATTLE OF THE CHANNEL 2026 | Registration & Event information
Registration
Registration for the campaign is now open! The registration works in a bit of a different way this time, you have to answer some questions and indicate the dates you can participate. Squadron leaders can also mass register their pilots if desired. We will make 2 initial balanced teams and publish them at least a week before the test mission. The Red Team will be Central the first 2 weeks and the Blue Team will be Entente the first 2 weeks.

Also, if you want to be a side commander or know someone who wants to be a side commander, please let us know as soon as possible.

Event & Mission Information
The event and mission information have also been published, it's very important you fully read and understand this document since many things have been added/changed since last year's edition. Especially pay attention to the in-mission rules slides since these have been added for this year's edition to further enhance the gameplay experience for everyone participating.

- To register, go here: https://discord.gg/T566sAdh6Q
- To find all the event and mission info, go here: https://discord.gg/rVQDXWswfC (https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1_EDFMrHWB_LRVZhsDvccNjbEW-zAJKnIO0Dh24ZecWk/edit?usp=sharing)

Furthermore, MartinKvR has created a beautiful teaser trailer for the event which we hope you will enjoy!

On 12/29/2025 at 11:13 AM, Sayan said:

Our Discord is blocked. How can I join and find out more about the event?

Ach that's unfortunate, if you can't use Discord you can post here to sign up. Keep in mind that Discord will be used for comms, passwords and cooperation as well. So if you have a friend that has access to Discord would be really useful.