Tech Airfield

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Tech Airfield
Structure
Faction	Neutral
Role	Aircraft production Paratroopers
Properties
Hit points	1100
Armor type	Big Heavy Structure
Sight radius	6
Combat
Cooldown	4:00 (Paradrop)
Function
Produces	Jets
Ability	Can house up to 4 jets Can be toggled as the primary jet production structure (if the player has multiple airfields, Runways and Tech Airfields at the same time) Paradrop
Notes	Can produce jets even if the airfield(s) are disabled Cannot produce jets if the player has no airfield(s)
Miscellaneous
Artist(s)	Nooze

The Tech Airfield is a neutral structure that can house up to four jet aircraft and provides its owner with paratroopers when captured by an Engineer.

Official description

Capturing a Tech Airfield grants access to paradrop reinforcements, which compose of the factions' basic anti-personnel and anti-armor infantry. Additionally, the building can house and reload up to 4 jet units.

Overview

For a detailed list of changes from the original game, click here.

The Tech Airfield provides the following support power:

Support power	Description
	Type: Reinforcement Power Cost: $1200 Recharge Time: 7:30 Deploys basic infantry to the battlefield Left-click icon then left-click on target location (cannot be targeted on water).

Each Tech Airfield has a landing strip which allows up to four aircraft to land and reload their weapons on it. However, it is not possible to build aircraft with a Tech Airfield alone without an Air Force Command Headquarters, Airbase or Aerodome, and neither can it substitute for these buildings in the tech tree.

The paradropped soldiers depends on the faction:

• GI x6, Guardian GI x2
• Conscript x8, Flak Trooper x4
• Initiate x6, Archer x2
• Knightframe x3, Lancer x1

AI behavior

If the AI owns a Tech Airfield, they are able to build fighter jets without needing the faction's airfield first.

The AI will use Paradrop to target a clear space close to the center of the enemy base. If all enemies are defeated, the AI will target their own base, with the same circumstances. 

Appearances

“	A Soviet officer is trying to escape the city via the airport in the north! Kill him!	”
	—Epsilon intel during Operation: Fallen Ashes

Special Ops

• In Fallen Ashes, destroying the Tech Airfield at the top right corner of the map is an optional objective to prevent Soviet officers from leaving.

Behind the scenes

• In version 3.0, the Tech Airfield was known as the Tech Airport, which used the model from the original game and cannot store jets.
• During development for 3.3, there were plans for adding faction-exclusive aircraft once a Tech Airfield was captured which were the Nighthawk for the Allies, the Hailfox for the Soviets (now called the Foxtrot), and the Blight for Epsilon (now called the Dybbuk-Attacker). This was eventually scrapped after the Soviets and Epsilon got their own airfields.

See also

• Air Force Command Headquarters
• Airbase
• Aerodome

External links

• Tech Airport in the Command & Conquer Wiki