Controls

Right-click drag or Alt + drag pans the battlefield when follow mode is off. Click the radar minimap to jump the camera. RECENTER snaps back to your aircraft or launcher.

• Arrow keys / WASD — Direct flight: climb, dive, strafe (sideways thrust).
• Space — Afterburner (hold; uses more fuel).
• C — Toggle maneuver mode: A/D rotate nose, W thrust along heading, S brake.
• Z — Fire unguided shot straight ahead (fighters; one round per press). Bombers: one press releases the full bomb load in a single pass.
• T — Cycle radar lock (enemy jets, SAMs, buildings, airbase, city mass).
• F — Release lock.
• V — Fire guided missile at locked target (lock required).
• X — Deploy flares (spoofs nearby air-to-air threats).
• Q — Jam SAM radars in range (only on airframes that support jamming; long cooldown).
• 1 or Numpad 1 — Launch strike drone at locked target (set lock with T first; gen6-class frames).

Your in-game preflight briefing lists the exact keys for your current plane and mission.

Bindings depend on guidance mode selected in the War Room:

• Guided: G — cycle launcher lock · H — release lock · Z / Space — fire guided salvo at lock.
• Auto: A / ← — raise tube angle · D / → — lower angle · Z / Space — fire volley along aim.
• Manual: Z / Space — launch, then WASD steers the outbound round in flight.

Swarm launcher: drone volleys use spread and guidance settings from the lobby; drones burn fuel and detonate at max range or when empty.

On-screen D-pad for movement / aim · MNV — maneuver toggle · BOOST — afterburner (aircraft) · FIRE — primary launch · FLARE · LOCK — cycle target (aircraft or guided launcher) · JAM / DRONE when your jet supports them.