''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 ''Jane's Combat Simulations'' was a brand of PC flight and combat flight simulators released by Electronic Arts (EA). The Jane's Information Group branding was licensed by Electronic Arts to lend authenticity and accuracy to their growing line of ...

'' 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 The Vietnam War (also known by other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam a ...

Persian Gulf War The Gulf War was a 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a Coalition of the Gulf War, 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. Spearheaded by the United States, the coalition's efforts against Ba'athist Iraq, ...

, and two fictional campaigns, one based on the Red Flag exercises and one depicting a war between

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

and

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

over Germany in the then-future of 2005. Also included are single missions, with maps from the

Middle East The Middle East ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, ISO 233: ) is a geopolitical region commonly encompassing Arabia (including the Arabian Peninsula and Bahrain), Asia Minor (Asian part of Turkey except Hatay Province), East Thrace (Europ ...

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...

. Training missions include take-off, landing, and refuelling in

Nellis Air Force Base Nellis Air Force Base ("Nellis" colloq.) is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada. Nellis hosts air combat exercises such as Exercise Red Flag and close air support exercises such as Green Flag-West flown in " Military ...

Reception

''USAF'' was a runner-up for '' Computer Gaming World''s 1999 "Simulation of the Year" award, which ultimately went to ''

MiG Alley "MiG Alley" was the name given by United Nations (UN) pilots during the Korean War to the northwestern portion of North Korea, where the Yalu River empties into the Yellow Sea. It was the site of numerous dogfights between UN fighter pilots and ...

''. It was also a finalist for ''

Computer Games Strategy Plus ''Computer Games Magazine'' was a monthly computer and console gaming print magazine, founded in October 1988 as the United Kingdom publication ''Games International''. During its history, it was known variously as ''Strategy Plus'' (October 1 ...

''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".

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* {{Jane's Combat Simulations 1999 video games Combat flight simulators Electronic Arts games Jane's Combat Simulations Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games developed in Israel Video games with historical settings Windows games Windows-only games Video games set in Germany Gulf War video games Vietnam War video games