Building the range and rolling the flight line.
A harbor city sits north of runway 36. Fixed sites hold still. Tanks drive the roads and shoot back if you pass low. Designate either one and release a Pike. It drops from the bay, lights, and guides.
H controls · U or the cards switch jets · Xbox ready · N airborne start
| W / S or ↑ / ↓ | Nose down / up |
| A / D or ← / → | Roll |
| Q / E | Rudder |
| Shift / Ctrl | Throttle |
| Wheel | Throttle bump |
| Space | Pike, or Typhoon gun and missile |
| X | Typhoon bomb drop |
| F (hold) | Typhoon afterburner |
| Shift, hold at the gate | Military, then reheat |
| U | Switch aircraft |
| V or left click | Designate |
| T or Tab | Cycle target lock |
| C | Chase / close / cockpit |
| G | Gear |
| B | Brakes |
| M | Mouse stick (pointer lock) |
| N | Airborne start |
| F2 | Overhead |
| H | This manual |
| Esc / P | Pause |
| R | Restart |
| K | Mute |
| 1 / 2 / 3 | Quality |
| Left stick | Pitch & roll |
| Right stick X | Rudder |
| Right stick Y | Throttle |
| LT | Throttle down |
| Hold RT | Throttle up |
| Tap RT | Pike, or Typhoon gun and missile |
| A or RB | Pike, or Typhoon gun and missile |
| LB | Typhoon bomb |
| R3 | Typhoon afterburner |
| X | Designate under pipper |
| D-pad ← / → | Cycle targets |
| D-pad ↑ / ↓ | Throttle |
| B | Cycle camera |
| Y | Gear |
| L3 | Brakes |
| View | Manual |
| Start | Pause |
The Spirit is heavy. Neutral stick holds altitude. The Typhoon rolls harder, and reheat sits past a detent at 80% throttle. Hold Shift or F, or hold R3, to light the burners. Bombs leave the pylons on X or LB. Six tanks patrol the highway and the field loops. Lock them with V, T, or the d-pad — guns, missiles, bombs, and Pike all kill them. Hull starts at 100. Tank guns reach only a low pass, about 600 metres, and the tracers miss often at the edge. Zero hull is shot down. R, or Fly again, restarts. C, or Xbox B, cycles chase, close, and cockpit. Keyboard B is still brakes. U switches jets. On a controller, pause and use the d-pad.