Jet Age

Jet Age is jets only, from the F-86 Sabre and the J-5 to the Eurofighter Typhoon. The rules are WW2’s: two balanced sides, red and blue, and every pilot keeps their own score. The arena is half as large again, for the speed of jets and the reach of their missiles.

How to play

• You start in an early jet fighter, free of charge. Shooting down enemies earns the points that unlock faster, better-armed aircraft.
• The first jets fight with guns alone, and the CF-100 adds rockets. From the next level up, aircraft carry heat-seeking missiles that must be fired from behind the target. The most advanced carry heat-seekers that work from any angle, and radar missiles.
• Guns still matter up close, and nearly every aircraft has them.
• Capture U-boats and barrage balloons by keeping more of your side’s aircraft near one than the enemy’s. Your whole side earns points while you hold it.
• Each side has an aircraft carrier. Land on yours to rearm.

Tips

• Keep your speed up. A slow jet is an easy target.
• When you see “Radar warning,” someone has a radar missile locked on you. Notch the missile by flying perpendicular to its path, or release chaff.
• When you see “Missile inbound,” release flares and chaff with F, then turn hard.

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