Airfield attacks

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Waltz
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Airfield attacks

Post by Waltz »

Hi All, Looking for a wee bit of tactical advice.

For the most part I am happy with my management of air power the one place I do struggle though is launching air raids against airfields.

Even when I have high Air superiority numbers my opponents appear able to launch very successful airstrikes against my bases but when I try the same at best the results are mediocre.

Anyone got any tips or tricks for striking at their air power?
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I've found a cute trick: Base a lot of fighters in a certain area, I mean several, and then launch a strike on some
target in that area ( a stuka strke on a tank unit for example ) and when the enemy comes to intercept the bombing
mission your AS missions can clean up on the enemy fighters. You need a local air superiority for this to work.
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Don't forget you and the other guy can limit the ranges of air units now. That way you can set interceptors to cover sectors thus limiting the above gamey trick.
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