Aircraft

There are 16 main Aircrafts to choose from in 1945 Air Force. You start the game with a choice out of two planes, the Boeing P-26 Peashooter (selected) and the the Grumman F3F. As you progress in the game you get more planes through completing special events and in-app purchases. You will get start the game with one plane selected until you open up more slots in your squadron. Your squadron has 4 slots.

Each Aircraft has 4 different stats that are often referenced when discussing superiority of one plane to another. **Please note** there is little evidence to suggest these stats have any real differences while playing the game. These 4 stats are: Power, Damage Per Second, Damage Per Hit, and Fuel. See Aircraft Stats for a table of aircraft stats.

## Aircraft Upgrade Basics

As you progress through the game you will need to upgrade your aircraft. The strength of your aircraft is determined by the number of stars you have achieved combined with the number of upgrades for each star you achieve. Each aircraft starts with a predetermined number of stars and can be promoted up to 10 stars. In order to promote your aircraft you must collect the required number of modules to achieve the next star. After you promote your aircraft you must then upgrade using gold coins. You must upgrade your aircraft 10 times by using the gold coins you've earned or purchased in the game before you can promote it to the next star. Final

When you promote your aircraft to levels 3, 5 & 7 you unlock special weapons that increase your aircraft strength. See the chart below for information on what is unlocked at each level.

 **3** | Missile  Weapon
 **5** | Backtup Weapon
 **7** | Composite Armor

Below is the overview of the cost per upgrade for each star level. Just know that you only have to pay upgrades from the star level of your aircraft upwards. For example, if you get the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing from a Special Event, it comes at star level 7. This means you only have to pay for the upgrades from star level 7 to level 10.

## Tier 2 Aircraft

### Tier 2 Aircraft Information

Unlike Tier 1 aircraft, all Tier 2 aircraft have the same requirements to make them:

* 2 paired 10-star aircraft fully upgraded (see above table for pairings)
* 2,000 gems

Each Tier 2 aircraft starts as a non-upgraded 1-star and can be promoted and upgraded up to 10 stars.

To fully upgrade your Tier 2 aircraft you will need:

* 14,400 modules
* 2,960,250 gold coins

The numbers below represent cumulative numbers of both Tier 1 aircraft, and the mods and gold required for your Tier 2 aircraft, to get your Tier 2 aircraft fully upgraded to 10-stars.

## Tier 3 Aircraft

Tier 3 Aircraft have been released by the developers on 4 July 2020. As presumed, the 8 Tier 2 aircraft will merge into 4 Tier 3 aircraft with predetermined pairings.

All Tier 3 aircraft have the same requirements to make them:

* 2 paired Tier 2 10-star aircraft fully upgraded (see above table for pairings)
* 10000 gems

Each Tier 3 aircraft starts as a non-upgraded 1-star and can be promoted and upgraded up to 10 stars.

To fully upgrade your Tier 3 aircraft you will need:

* xxxx modules
* xxxxxxxx gold coins

The numbers below represent cumulative numbers of both Tier 1 & 2 aircraft, and the mods and gold required for your Tier 3 aircraft, to get your Tier 3 aircraft fully upgraded to 10-stars.