Aurora Alpha

"Fuel Air Aurora."

- Aurora Alpha Pilot

The Aurora Alpha was a small, supersonic attack-bomber utilized by the USA General General Alexis Alexander as an improvement to the Aurora carrying a destructive Fuel Air Bomb. On its attack run, the Aurora Alpha's great speed prevented any enemy anti-aircraft weapons from successfully attacking it. However, on its return flight, it could no longer sustain such a speed, and the Aurora Alpha proved to be vulnerable as it has the armour of "paper airplanes".

Upgrades

 * Advanced Training
 * Countermeasures

Tactics
The primary purpose of the Aurora Alpha was demolition. Two Aurora Alpha bombs would at best destroy several buildings in one strike. However, the Aurora Alpha was extremely vulnerable on its return run and had to be used carefully as it was also quite expensive. In addition to buildings, Aurora Alphas were effective at destroying slow-moving vehicles, such as artillery and Overlord tanks. The Aurora Alpha, with its wide area damage Fuel Bomb, was more effective against units than the standard Aurora.

Counters
Due to its supersonic nature, no anti-air measures were effective against an Aurora Alpha on its bombing run. However, any anti-aircraft weapon or fighter jet was effective once the Aurora Alpha was forced to slow down after delivering its payload as it shared the original Aurora's thin armour.

Being extremely expensive and heavily reliant on airfields, they were costly to deploy and had to be guarded carefully if they weren't in the air.