Aircrafts

Base Game

Explanation

Capacity means how many soldiers can be carried (1 vehicle is equal to 3 soldiers). Speed is in kilometers per hour. Geoscape distances are the same as on the Earth. Range means how far between two POIs aka sites can aircraft travel. Durability is in Hit Points.

Tiamat has the highest capacity and range (range can be increased further with Advanced Tiamat Development research) but lowest speed. Helios has the highest speed but smallest capacity. Thunderbird has the highest durability.

Aircrafts can be repaired in Vehicle Bay facility. Manufacturing Aircraft can be fastened up by building more Fabrication plants. You can also steal aircraft from Factions. Why should you steal Helios. Steal aircraft mission type explained here.

Aircrafts

Aircrafts

	Name	Description	Research needed	Capacity	Speed	Range	Durability
	Tiamat	Disciples of Anu Aircraft	Tiamat development	8	250	4000			68	1215	9days 12hours
	Thunderbird	New Jericho Aircraft	New Jericho Aircraft Technology	7	380	3000	1000		188	1500	13 days 3 hours
	Manticore	Phoenix Air Vehicle		6	500	2500	750		150	1200	10 days 13 hours
	Helios	Synedrion Aircraft	Synedrion Aircraft Technology	5	650	3500	500		248	1155	11 days 14 hours

Festering Skies DLC

Festering Skies DLC adds air combat and one more aircraft - Masked Manticore. It also adds weapons and modules that can be equipped on any of your aircrafts. Each aircraft can have two weapons and one module.

Masked Manticore

	Name	Description	Research needed	Capacity	Speed	Range	Durability
	Masked Manticore	Phoenix Air Vehicle	Masked Manticore	8	500	2500	750		68	1215	500

Aircraft Weapons

Each aircraft can be equipped with two weapons.

Aircraft Modules

Each aircraft can be equipped with one module

Aircraft Modules

	Name	Description	Research needed	Function	Hit Points	Charges	Duration
Weapon Counters
	Flares	Infrared Countermeasures		Counters heat-guided weapons	250	5	10 seconds		30	120
	Afterburner	Evasion Countermeasures		Counters visual-guided weapons	150	5	10 seconds		50	150
	Fire Suppression System	Fire Countermeasures		Counters Fire weapons and Provides 20 additional armor	250	5	3 seconds		25	125
Utility
	Fuel Tank	New Jericho Navigation Module		Geoscape range increased by 500	250				10	250
	Cruise Control	New Jericho Navigation Module		Geoscape speed increased by 100	250				50	160
	Armor plates	New Jericho Defensive Module		Provides 50 additional armor	250				20	450
	Escape pods	Phoenix Safety module		Protects on-board personnel if the aircraft is destroyed	250				20	100
	Hibernation Pods	Crew recuperation module		Onboard personnel recovers Stamins	250				50	250