Flight Simulator
The game's flight simulator quite convincingly portrays the flying characteristics of an AV-8B Harrier II jet. The fighter plane can take off horizontally or vertically (when payload permits) from the deck of the USS Tarawa and land vertically when the mission ends. Inside the cockpit, the HUD and MFD provide combat information of enemy units along with aircraft and mission data and the point of view can be rotated left, right and back. There are two external camera views, one following the plane and a stationary flyby camera view, which displays a view of the aircraft as it speeds past the camera.
A variety of weaponry is available to load before each mission, ranging from air-to-air AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles to air-to-ground GBU-12 Paveway II bombs, MK-20 Rockeye II cluster bombs, Hydra rockets, AGM-88 HARM and AGM-65 Maverick missiles. The fighter is also equipped with a GAU-12 Equalizer 25mm gatling cannon which can pack a devastating blow to almost all ground and air targets.
Read more about this topic: AV-8B Harrier Assault
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