Coming from a military background and all my life being a military nut, I am actually surprised how many people on this forum consistently refer to the strike fighters in this game and revolve strategies around them as if they are an attack aircraft. I think it’s about time sometime clears this up here as even I have found myself caught up in the helicopter plane debate. Strike fighters such as the f35 are multi role aircraft capable of performing air superiority duties as well as strikes, hence the name Strike/Fighter. The real comparison to Helis would be the actual attack aircraft, the elite attack aircraft which are dedicated to strikes exactly the same way ASF are dedicated to air. Strike fighters are just the balanced middle of these two and should be treated as such. Upon a quick glance it seems that elite aircraft are cheaper than strike fighters and they do their job so much better, these paired with ASF would be a far superior strategy to strikers and Helis early game especially if you are going to transition into artillery, sams, and radar.
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