How can someone know if a plane is armed with guns or not? I am looking in the editor and I can't tell which planes have guns and which don't. Can someone fill me in?

 

I was trying something out on Thunder Dragon and I can't get the MiG-17F Fresco C to intercept the American aircraft. Normally, the Staff will show me the distance and ask me if I want to intercept regardless if the plane has insufficient range to actually carry out the mission. However, I can't even get that far. I've tried to move them closer before trying to attack again, but still no luck.

 

Could it be that they have no armament? Can you take a look at this platform, please?

How can someone know if a plane is armed with guns or not? I am looking in the editor and I can't tell which planes have guns and which don't. Can someone fill me in?

 

I was trying something out on Thunder Dragon and I can't get the MiG-17F Fresco C to intercept the American aircraft. Normally, the Staff will show me the distance and ask me if I want to intercept regardless if the plane has insufficient range to actually carry out the mission. However, I can't even get that far. I've tried to move them closer before trying to attack again, but still no luck.

 

Could it be that they have no armament? Can you take a look at this platform, please?

Any plane using an Intercept or Escort loadout is given an air to air gun, 3nm range, 4 bursts. The notable exception is the A-10 where Brad uses a series of missiles to simulate the big bad gun. The Air to Air gun engagements will happen automatically if your plane is close enough to the enemy long enough and in the right position. So most gun Air to Air engagements must be micro-managed rather than hoping for the game to take care of them for you.