Can the Soviet build fresh air units?

[Seminole]

I didn’t realize this was possible, but read something in an AAR that made me think it is.

I thought I read somewhere that the AI builds new air units if you have a sufficient number in the pool, but I can’t find anything to support that notion.

So, if I want more MiGs on the map, can I make the air units? If so, how do you do it?

[MattFL]

Yes you can. Just build them like any other unit you build starting in Turn 8 if I remember correctly. You can build new air groups (maybe 8 per turn? - someone can correct this) and you can build new bases as well. It will of course depend on what's available in the pool in terms of type of planes.

[56ajax]

Yes I think it is 8. The production system builds all these planes so they have to get used somehow. I think the AI will build airbases if the air unit airbase proportion goes out of whack.

[Telemecus]

I know you can make up to 8 air groups manually paying a points cost. I did also read that if you do not do this eventually the AI will do some automatically for you (points free) but assumed that was something patched out long ago?

[Denniss]

AFAIR a human player has to build new air units and airbases himself, the old auto method is AI only now.