You fly the gunship. Everything else on the map is somebody’s problem to solve, and most of it is shooting at you.
Twelve missions flown over one continuous desert: a coast, a river with two bridges, a highway, a railway, a canyon, and an airfield at the far end of it. The missions run through that country rather than around it. You will learn where the ridges are.
Two thumbs fly it. The left one is the stick, the right is a ring of weapons — cannon, rockets, anti-tank missiles, Stingers, flares. Lock a target by hand, or let auto-lock hold the nearest threat while you concentrate on staying alive.
Twelve missions, and no two are the same shape.
A bridge, two relief columns and a ramp full of parked fighters — all of it at night, on night vision, where the only things you can see are the ones giving off heat.
Four to fly for nothing. One that is not for sale at any price.
| Airframe | Role | Access |
|---|---|---|
| AH-64 Apache | Attack · rolls | FREE |
| T-129 ATAK | Attack · rolls | FREE |
| Mi-24 Hind | Gunship · carries troops | FREE |
| Mi-28 Havoc | Attack · rolls | FREE |
| RAH-66 Comanche | Stealth · rolls | |
| Ka-52 Alligator | Coaxial · rolls | |
| AH-1W Cobra | Attack | |
| UH-60 Black Hawk | Utility · lift | |
| CH-47 Chinook | Heavy lift | |
| AH-6 Little Bird | Light · rolls | |
| Hava Börü | Original design | EARNED |
The Hava Börü is the one aircraft the purchase does not open. It is what you are given for finishing the campaign, and staying unbuyable is the point of it.
