Power of Planes

[Longstrip]

I have 18 planes. I plan to use all of them in an air strike on an opponent who only has soldiers. How many soldiers can these 18 planes kill if I target the airstrike on soldiers.

[Mikhail Gorbachev]

I have 18 planes. I plan to use all of them in an air strike on an opponent who only has soldiers. How many soldiers can these 18 planes kill if I target the airstrike on soldiers.

ALOT. Plus, you will gain air superiority, which will immensely help you. 

[iljohn]

actually air striking soldiers does nothing really of note its best just to attack infa or other things

[Longstrip]

actually air striking soldiers does nothing really of note its best just to attack infa or other things

Yeah, first I will just kill all his soldier in ground battles than do air strikes

[Dwynn]

Air superiority allows will restrict your opponent to using 1/2 their tanks for offensive maneuvers.  The amount of troops killed from airstrikes is... meh.

[Mutant]

My nation had 6 planes and my opponent 11,000 troops. My fine aircraft were able to kill 42 troops on average if I instructed them to attack my enemies troops. I hope this has helped you gentlemen. Good day!

[Longstrip]

My nation had 6 planes and my opponent 11,000 troops. My fine aircraft were able to kill 42 troops on average if I instructed them to attack my enemies troops. I hope this has helped you gentlemen. Good day!

Thanks. What a coincidence, my opponent has 11000 soldiers too.

[Alex]

Aircraft aren't particularly good at killing soldiers, as you might imagine. They're better at destroying tanks/aircraft/ships/infrastructure.

[Morgan]

Aircraft aren't particularly good at killing soldiers, as you might imagine. They're better at destroying tanks/aircraft/ships/infrastructure.

Are all aircraft the same, Sheepy? If not a good addition will be to have bombers and fighters instead of just general aircraft. 

[Longstrip]

Sheepy, does the number of aircrafts sent in an airstrike vary the combat value of each aircraft? Fore.g if I sent 18 aircrafts in one airstrike then I sent another airstrike with 36 aircrafts, will the combat value of each aircraft stay the same?

[Alex]

Are all aircraft the same, Sheepy? If not a good addition will be to have bombers and fighters instead of just general aircraft. 

Yes, all aircraft are the same, and I don't know what bombers and fighters would do differently. Seems like an unnecessary complication to me.

 

Sheepy, does the number of aircrafts sent in an airstrike vary the combat value of each aircraft? Fore.g if I sent 18 aircrafts in one airstrike then I sent another airstrike with 36 aircrafts, will the combat value of each aircraft stay the same?

 

No, the combat values stay the same, but the amount of damage you can do to your target is dependent on the number of planes you send.

[Wiliam]

Fighters would have a massive boost when defending against airstrikes and directly targeting aircrafts. While bombers would have a massive boost in destroying infrastructure, tanks and ships. Could be an useful addition in my opinion, and of course it would open the door for specialized units of every unit type - anti-tank infantry, heavy infantry etc. The possibilities are endless, but it would result in a very complicated battle formula I would imagine.