Aircraft

[goodwood]

G'day all,
Does the 2IC send out air recon patrols and can the player edit them? If not how is air recon portrayed?
Ron

[Kriegsspieler]

G'day all,
Does the 2IC send out air recon patrols and can the player edit them? If not how is air recon portrayed?
Ron
As far as I can tell, all the player can do is park airplanes somewhere. The a.i. does the rest. You want recon from a particular location, make sure there are some recon-capable planes there -- that's as far as I can see the situation.

[Scott Chisholm]

Gents,

The AI controls aerial recon. Investing in your intelligence R&D should increase the effectiveness of your searches, as will increasing the number of search aircraft you have. Weather also plays a factor in the effectiveness of air searches. Your intelligence level affects the accuracy of you recon assets' reporting as well. So, bad weather+poor intel could have your AI launching a strike against a ghost. It might even forestall the AI's launching a strike in the first place, but I'd have to consult Tony on that.

One thing to remember, 2000-0600 is a nominally no-fly period for carriers (I can't remember off the top of my head if that applies to airfields). The AI shouldn't be launching airstrikes that will be forced to fly during that period.