Becuase my brother works for a major computer games retailer ive had typhoon since wednesday so i thought id share a few tips from the early missions.
1. The A2A weapons (especially the meteor) have pretty average effectivness, ive found that launching the meteor in pairs at each fighter brings a bit more success, you can carry loads of them so why be frugal, the real world Meteor will probably be super-leathal but that would make for a pretty dull game wouldnt it?.
2. Theres a trick to killing the hovercraft and Sea Monsters. Your brimstones and Penguins are terrrible at hiting targets moving perpendicular to you, so take the time to fly right down the line of targets and you'll get much more success. When i took out a whole column of sea monsters with one brimstone pass i almost cried with joy (well not really, but you get the picture).
3. The Cruise missiles are almost imossible to hit from distance, load up on ASRAAMs and wait till youre just a mile to two away then let them have it.
4. Its a real fun game so get put there and blast those ruskies! oh and dont station your pilots near the coast unless you like the look of jail cells.