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Game Overview

Air Force Commander is one of those old-school MS-DOS war games that makes you feel like you're hunched over a giant map in some dimly lit bunker. You're juggling air bases, missile sites, and squadrons—trying not to run out of fuel or money while figuring out whether to bomb that suspicious-looking factory or just send a recon flight first. The scenarios are weirdly specific (Bahrain vs. Qatar, really?) but weirdly compelling because of it.

At first, I kept losing because I didn’t realize how fast supplies drain—shut down a radar station too many, and suddenly you’re blind to enemy bombers. The civilian casualties mechanic is brutal too; hit the wrong target, and your own government fires you. The lack of speed controls in the original version was a pain, but once patched, it becomes this tense, methodical kind of strategy game where every click matters. Not for the impatient, but if you like digging into logistics and tough calls, it’s got a mean streak that’s hard to quit.

Each game uses different controls, most DOS games use the keyboard arrows. Some will use the mouse , "Alt" ,"Enter" and "Space bar".