What loadouts should I use for various aircraft missions?
This is a style question. Generally speaking, the following holds true; Iron Bombs will give you the most destruction per aircraft. The disadvantage of bomb loadouts is that you must fly very close to the target. Standoff loadouts tend to work on heavily defended ships where the price for a close-in attack with bombs may be too high. PGM (Precision Guided Munitions) require a fairly close attack (though not as bad as iron bombs), but promise a much higher hit ratio. SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) tends to be either decoys or anti-radar missiles and can help reduce the defenses around a target. Air-to-Air is good for shooting down other planes. This is by no means an exhaustive list… Many variations on loadouts exists such as long range loadouts which tend to trade ordnance for extra fuel. This means you can strike targets further away. Read up on how modern aircraft are generally employed and as always, experiment.
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