Jane's USAF
{{Short description|1999 video game}}
{{refimprove|date=October 2017}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Jane's USAF
| image = Jane's USAF front box art.jpg
| developer = Pixel Multimedia
| publisher = Electronic Arts
| director = Ramy Weitz
| producer = Sharon Rozenman
| designer = Aviv Yam-Shahor
Anat Rabinovich
| programmer = Shai Almog
Tal Raviv
Gary Kshepitski
Ady Shimony
| artist = Oren Gal
| composer = Don Veca
| series = Jane's Combat Simulations
| platforms = Microsoft Windows
| released = October 19, 1999
| genre = Air combat simulation
| modes = Single-player, Multiplayer
}}
Jane's USAF: United States Air Force is a combat flight simulation video game developed by Israeli studio Pixel Multimedia and released in 1999 as part of Jane's Combat Simulations series. The game is set from the late 1960s to the early 2000s and it is a jet aircraft survey simulation featuring satellite imagery for terrain which allowed quite detailed graphics for the time of the release of Jane's USAF. The game features four campaigns: the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and two fictional campaigns, one based on the Red Flag exercises and one depicting a war between NATO and Russia over Germany in the then-future of 2005. Also included are single missions, with maps from the Middle East to Korea. Training missions include take-off, landing, and refuelling in Nellis Air Force Base.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| GR = 83%{{cite web |title=USAF for PC |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/199172-usaf/index.html |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205212947/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/199172-usaf/index.html |archivedate=5 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}
| rev1 = PC Gaming World
| rev1Score = 8/10{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816131032/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/simulation/usaf_uk/review.html | url=http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/simulation/usaf_uk/review.html | title=Jane's USAF Review | author=Jackson, Rowan | date=February 4, 2000 | work=PC Gaming World | archivedate=August 16, 2000 | url-status=dead}}
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USAF was a runner-up for Computer Gaming World{{'}}s 1999 "Simulation of the Year" award, which ultimately went to MiG Alley.{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=Computer Gaming World | title=The 2000 Premier Awards; The Very Best of a Great Year in Gaming |date=March 2000 | issue=188 | pages=69-75, 78-81, 84-90}} It was also a finalist for Computer Games Strategy Plus{{'}}s 1999 "Simulation Game of the Year" award, losing again to MiG Alley. The editors wrote: "All is forgiven for IAF, Pixel Multimedia’s last sim. With USAF, they deliver terrific gameplay and lots of options in this rah-rah All-American sim that's a great choice for beginners and experts alike".{{cite web |author=Staff |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050324005917/http://cdmag.com/articles/026/150/intro.html |url=http://cdmag.com:80/articles/026/150/intro.html |title=The Computer Games Awards; The Best Games of 1999 |date=March 6, 2000 |work=Computer Games Strategy Plus |archivedate=March 24, 2005 |url-status=dead}}
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References
External links
- {{moby game|id=/janes-combat-simulations-usaf-united-states-air-force}}
{{Jane's Combat Simulations}}
Category:Combat flight simulators
Category:Electronic Arts games
Category:Jane's Combat Simulations
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in Israel
Category:Video games set in Germany
Category:Video games with historical settings