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Old 12-29-2014, 09:43 AM
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Default lo-tech airpower

Considering the amount of infrastructure, technical expertise and advanced high technological parts and equipment needed to deploy modern combat aircraft I think that a reverse to more basic aircraft would occur.

Obsolete or inferior aircraft can fill many roles - scouting, fire direction, transportation and indeed - attempt attacking enemy positions or troops.

It is far better to have some sort of arial observation and fire direction capability - maybe even from ultralight aircraft than to have none due to lack of technicians and spare parts.

Not to mention fuel.

I guess all of us have a certain view of what would be the situation in game terms. In my personal and humble opinion crop dusters, civvies prop planes and choppers and what not would suddenly be utilized in military operations of many kinds.

In our campaign I have found that adding some 1930s, 1940s and 1950s combat aircraft have added to the overall enjoyment and scope of the game.

Civvie prop craft are used by all sides in our game as scouts etc. Dogfights between two wholly inadequate combat aircraft with handheld m249s etc blasting away at each other at 4000 feet is good fun.

Having an aircraft attack the party with a good ole LMG strafing run from 400 feet is far more entertaining than a laser guided bomb from 15 000 feet.
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