

You'll also start spotting red rings outlining enemy troops on the platform. Your jet can take a significant amount of damage (in fact I was never downed in the jet after taking massive amounts of damage on veteran), so it may need to be a large amount of damage all at once, as you will 'repair' when not under attack. The easiest way is to simply get a lock-on and fire at them with your rockets, adjusting your height if something blocks the shot.
You'll see five large objective markers which show the locations of the platform's anti air defenses, these are what you need to bring down first. Repeat this process for another two planes and you'll throw the plane into VTOL mode which lets you hover, strafing up, down, left and right to move around the huge platform in front of you. In the initial sequence you will be tailing another plane, you can rake the enemy aircraft with your machine gun (RT) to deal damage or perform a lock-on by holding the targeting cursor over the enemy plane using the RS for a few seconds, then fire your rockets with (RB) for a guaranteed explosion.

Uh, guess we learned how to fly a plane pretty damn fast. As the mission begins you'll find yourself inside the cockpit of a fighter jet.
