HOW TO REPLACE OBSOLETE AIRCRAFT

[Duke of Marlborough]

Im playing as the UK and I have researched the Hurricane but most of my fighters are still obsolete Gladiators, how do I replace the Aircraft? also how do I expand my airforce in turms of numbers in the UK and empire?

[ProCynic]

Once you start producing Hurricanes (or any other advanced fighter), then the game begins replacing the older aircraft with them. Once all air wings are up-to-date, it'll just more the Hurricanes to stockpile. At least, that's what I've observed. Hope this helps

[Slurpee12]

If you are producing Galdiators, make sure you replace them in your production tab with your newly research equipment - applies to all upgrades.
Once that's done, the game will automatically upgrade your units. You may not see the Huricanes being stockpiled because the Gladiators that are currently in an airwing are being upgraded. Once all active airwings are upgraded, then the planes will stockpile.

[awkwardmoment]

easy way to get rid of old planes (once you have replacements) is to lend lease them to an ally

[Včelí medvídek]

Originally posted by awkwardmoment:

easy way to get rid of old planes (once you have replacements) is to lend lease them to an ally

Truth, but even interwar fightesrs cna do you some good as you can cover some not improtant/intensive area with them and in continuing neverendinng aircombat (English channel since 1.1...) you need reinforcment all time and it helps if yout need to rely on overpoducing new models 100% time. (Ofc this all change as time and war go on, but at that point the game is usualy decided)

[awkwardmoment]

True True... I haven't played with the british yet. their airforce is under intense and constant pressure!

[Exarch_Alpha]

Originally posted by Včelí medvídek:

Truth, but even interwar fightesrs cna do you some good

No they truly can´t. Putting people in Gladiators is waste of manpower. Even the italian AI will blow them. Imagine germans in BF 109.

Hurricane is the first thing you should research in 1936 that is military related (electronics and industry, always first).

["Possibly" Shalfoon]

I agree this needs to be fixed. I moved all my obsolete aircraft to colonial areas and then the AI started replacing them with my shiny new fancy models. I don't need my expensive new technology flying around over Madagascar, I need it in Europe.

[Exarch_Alpha]

Son, your "solution" already exists in the game. It´s called increasing wing size (the modern ones) and creating new wings.

So you create 3 wings with limit of 1000 in Europe. Done.

New aircraft will go to those wings. Nothing... is replaced.

["Possibly" Shalfoon]

But what about if I have obsolete aircraft in reserve and I want those to go to one region, while the newer aircraft go to a different region?

For example, I have 300 obsolete aircraft. I have an airwing of 200 obsolete aircraft in region A. I make an airwing, like you say, of 1000 in Europe. The airwing in region A takes casualties and because the remaining 100 obsolete aircraft were used as part of the 1000 in Europe, the AI replaces my aircraft in region A with new ones, rather than shifting the 100 obsolete aircraft in Europe to region A *first*. Unless I have misunderstood what you said, which is quite possible haha.

I only raise this because it can be significant for nations with large empires.