User Guide

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Intercept has you destroy the enemy’s medium
bombers before they drop their bombs. You must
also stop ghter-bombers before they menace your
troops.
Escort teams you with bombers on their way
to a target so you can protect them from enemy
ghters and ak by any means you know.
Ground Attack is where your attention is
going to be most of the time. You must be able
to destroy tanks, trucks, guns, ships, and any-
thing else before they’re brought to bear on
your troops. When it comes to bombing, you have
to use your own reckoning--experience is the
best teacher. What you learn here will be espe-
cially useful when you y missions in the
Campaign mode.
To choose a flight type
1. On the Quick Combat tab, click Flight Type.
2. On the Flight Type tab, click the ight type
you want to use.
3. Click the Fly button to start your Quick
Combat session.
Aircraft
Before you y a quick combat or mission,
choose the right aircraft for the job, because
if you don’t, you’re not making it back home.
If you’re going after a bridge, you might want
the P-47. Flying a long way to bomb a few build-
ings? Maybe the Maurauder is right. If you’re
not sure what mission is coming next, try the
all-purpose Fw 190.
You have 18 aircraft (with variants, 34
total planes) to choose from. Your choices even
include planes that haven’t seen service, like
the Go 229, the German jet-powered ying wing,
and the American Shooting Star jet ghter. How
do you decide which plane to y? Consult the
Machines of War handbook (click the Options tab,
click Handbooks, and then click Machines of War)
for descriptions of each of the planes--includ-
ing their strengths and weaknesses and how much
ordnance they carry.
To select an aircraft
1. On the Quick Combat tab, click Aircraft.
2. On the Aircraft tab, click the ag of the
country you want to pick a plane from, and
then click the name of the plane you want
to y.
After you choose an aircraft, you control
its fuel and ammo load, loadout (the congura-
tion of bombs, fuel tanks, and rockets), and
number of wingmen. To change your fuel or ammu-
nition load, click the corresponding red bar
and slide it left for less load, right for more.
To select the loadout and number of wingmen, use
the drop-down menus. Note that “Clean” means no
bombs or extra fuel tanks.
The Main Screen: Four Game Modes