How to rebase american air forces to UK?

DarthCycle · Post by **DarthCycle** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:07 pm

How do you rebase american air forces (fighter, tac bomber, strat bomber) to UK? In my current game, I never have the range with normal movement and the strategic movement doesn't allow for this (UK cities are not a viable target destination).

If this is not currently feasible, this is a serious problem. It removes the whole point of have air units for the Americans, which is not historical at all, considering the part they played in the strategic bombing of Europe.

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:14 pm

You have to send them via ship like ground troops. The support services & personnel could not rebase by air.

borsook79 · Post by **borsook79** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:04 am

iainmcneil wrote:You have to send them via ship like ground troops. The support services & personnel could not rebase by air.

A good argument, but you can rebase through the Mediterranean, so kind of inconsistent.

Ryben · Post by **Ryben** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 12:20 pm

Btw, i´ve just found that i could rebase german air units in northern Ireland!!!! How come?

firepowerjohan · Post by **firepowerjohan** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 1:24 pm

Ryben wrote:Btw, i´ve just found that i could rebase german air units in northern Ireland!!!! How come?

Will be fixed in next patch. Has to do with that unsupplied land can be conquered by air. Also means you can land with air on Crete etc. but for Ireland we will build Belfast there to make the hexes supplied.

Happycat · Post by **Happycat** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:17 am

In the mod I am playtesting with Stauffenberg, he added Belfast and it solves the problem nicely. Additionally, Stauffenberg added the Azores as a hex usable by the USA, and also a couple of Greenland hexes. This allows American strategic bombers to stage from US to UK. More realistic imo. Making them USA hexes means they don't come into play until the US enters the war.