Air Warrior? hmm... I think I missed that one. Was that a 2600 game? I do remember playing Pong in a bar, that was pretty much the first video game I believe.
It was one of the first and greatest online air combat sims, supporting multiple pc platforms, including Atari, Commodore, and IBM. 3 warring countries with WW2 aircraft and a few ground vehicles battled continuously on a single server, with as many as 40-60 players simultaneously online. It was very much the predecessor to Battlefield with the gameplay based on conquest and territory control.
It was a free download from the internet, but you ended up spending a small fortune in connection fees back when internet time was by the hour. It was by Kesmai... don't know if they're still around or what. I quit when they stopped supporting Atari.