What I don't understand is that killing the FH is often counter productive to anyone capturing the base, most of the time.
Yes, killing the FH does give you a momentary break from fighters (approximately 8-10 minutes) but it also causes the defenders to up from a back base with much more alt than the attackers have. More often than not, the FH are down but the VH is left alone and the defenders also start to roll WW, Ostie, and tank units from the VH in addition to grabbing alt from a back base.
The last base capturing mission I was part of was with some of the BKs, a
huge NOE mission had flattened a base ruining the nice fight we from there previously. It was a large field with multiple runways but it only took 8 guys; VH was dropped by 2 guys, the rest of the ord was dropped on the town. We finished the effort by taking our small number and killing all the ack and vulching the same guys that took the base earlier until our bellys were full and the troops were dropped.
Just my experience, your mileage my vary. Enjoy the game anyway you wish, I shall do the same.
