Don: Actually, you've touched on a very interesting topic. It is a fact that heavy bombers were only sparodically used against airfields throughout the war. That was due as much to doctrinal thinking as to any conclusion made as to its effectiveness. It will be interesting indeed once 1.09 comes out to see what effect a force of 30 or 40 B-17s or Lancs will do to an airfield when they dump 180,000 - 560,000 lbs of bombs across it in one pass. Killing bombers may indeed become the number-1 priority in AH, as it was for the Luftwaffe over Europe. The difference here of course is that every side will have the means to do what only Great Britain and the USA were able to do back than; i.e. put up large formations of heavy bombers.
Needless to say, adjustments to the amount of bomb damage required to take out buildings and such will need to be looked at, as will gunner leathality and such. Heavy flak defenses will need to be adjusted as well. And before anyone panicks before 1.09 even gets here, remember that HTC wants to insure that the maximum number of paying costomers gets the maximum enjoyment from playing in the MA. Different things will be tried and those that work will be kept, while those that don't will be rejected. I for one am looking forward to it.
