How to Master Anti-Air Combat in Battlefield™ 2042

Find out how to take down enemy aircraft.

There’s a big emphasis on aerial combat in Season 1: Zero Hour – but also many ways to counter attacks from the sky. If you fear fighting flying foes, read on and learn some tactics that will make pesky pilots reach for their parachutes.

• Attack with other aircraft! One way to take down enemy aircraft is to fight fire with fire. Jump into a jet or helicopter and use your dedicated anti-air weaponry, such as lock-on missiles. Combine this by whittling down the enemy using your guns, especially against large and slow air vehicles.
• Use the rocket launcher! The recoilless is an unguided weapon, so apart from your occasional lucky shot, this is best used against large slow targets at low altitude, such as the Hind or the Condor. However, look out for anytime an ally uses their SOFLAM to acquire a target by painting them, this will mark the enemy target with a yellow square and make the Recoilless able to lock on that target.
• Use anti-air missiles! The CRT Mk5 Anti-Aircraft system will track all but the most evasive pilots. When using this, try to get to a position with an unobstructed view of the sky. Wait until the target uses their countermeasures against some other attacker, then acquire your target, fire the missile, and follow up with another shot as fast as possible.
• Choose a fitting Specialist! Bringing the right No-Pat for the job is always a good idea. Ewelina Lis, introduced in Season 1, wields a G-84 TGM which uses tv-guided missiles. These are powerful against slower air targets but can be tricky to use against faster targets. Sundance with their anti-air missiles can be effective against helicopters. Use their Homing Anti Armor grenades to bait the pilot into using their countermeasures, then use the missile to inflict some serious damage. Finally, Rao’s cyberwarfare suite is very useful to hack the enemy air vehicle, disabling its countermeasures – thus making those anti air missiles so much more effective.

Team up and strike together! The more, the merrier. Gang up on enemy aircraft, using several soldiers with anti-air missiles or Wildcats and target the same vehicle. Make the target use their countermeasures to make them vulnerable to follow-up attacks. To increase the effect of this cooperation, use Rao and his cyberwarfare suite to disable the countermeasures of the aircraft.