Rise of the Reds Blog Update 9 news

While the United States Air Force and Marine Corps began to introduce the V-22 Osprey in the early 2000s, the Army largely missed out on the advent of modern tiltrotor aircraft and stuck with the venerable CH-47 Chinook helicopter throughout the Global War On Terror. Meanwhile, the Osprey proved to be quite a formidable machine that combined the speed of an airplane with the deployability of a helicopter after its initial problems had been ironed out. During the mid 2030s, the Department of the Army tried to catch up with these developments by throwing its weight behind a new Air Force project that eventually produced the V-44 Starlifter, an enormous quadrotor VTOL aircraft with enough internal space and engine power to carry multiple combat vehicles, including tanks, as well as a sizeable detachment of infantry or drones. While the Ospreys and a number of other medium helicopters are still used for the more discrete 'high speed, low drag' style insertions, the Starlifters can move enough man- and firepower to the frontline to sustain an entire invasion on their own as evidenced by their performance in the Third World War, but also during a disaster relief operation in Puerto Rico, where a wing of USAF Starlifters delivered tons of medical supplies, food and other vital goods after Hurricane Xander had swept across the Caribbean in 2047

Surprise! Even though its re-inclusion was originally planned for 2.0, the AH-6 Little Bird will be making a comeback in the upcoming version 1.85. It retains its amazing agility, two transport slots for infantry units as well as its signature dual M134 Miniguns which can be supplemented with Hydra rocket pods via upgrade. Do note however that both the Starlifter and the Little Bird are still designed to be an optional addition to US tactics rather than their keystone, which is why you'll have to unlock them at Rank 1 if you wish to emphasise rapid airborne mobility in your gameplay.

Also tommorow we will be streaming the one match that was requesting since the start of the live streams namely a game of myself (The_Hunter) Versus Comr4de.
Be sure to tune in on Hecthor Doomhammers Twitch channel tommorow at 14:00 GMT