{{Short description|1999 video game}} {{refimprove|date=October 2017}} {{Infobox video game | title = Jane's USAF | image = Jane's USAF front box art.jpg | developer = Pixel Multimedia | publisher = Electronic Arts | director = Ramy Weitz | producer = Sharon Rozenman | designer = Aviv Yam-Shahor<br>Anat Rabinovich | programmer = Shai Almog<br>Tal Raviv<br>Gary Kshepitski<br>Ady Shimony | artist = Oren Gal | composer = Don Veca | series = ''Jane's Combat Simulations'' | platforms = Microsoft Windows | released = October 19, 1999 | genre = Air combat simulation | modes = Single-player, Multiplayer }} '''''Jane's USAF: United States Air Force''''' is a combat flight simulation video game developed by Israeli studio Pixel Multimedia and released in 1999 as part of ''Jane's Combat Simulations'' series. The game is set from the late 1960s to the early 2000s and it is a jet aircraft survey simulation featuring satellite imagery for terrain which allowed quite detailed graphics for the time of the release of ''Jane's USAF''. The game features four campaigns: the Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, and two fictional campaigns, one based on the Red Flag exercises and one depicting a war between NATO and Russia over Germany in the then-future of 2005. Also included are single missions, with maps from the Middle East to Korea. Training missions include take-off, landing, and refuelling in Nellis Air Force Base.
==Reception== {{Video game reviews | GR = 83%<ref>{{cite web |title=USAF for PC |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/199172-usaf/index.html |website=GameRankings |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205212947/https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/199172-usaf/index.html |archivedate=5 December 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev1 = PC Gaming World | rev1Score = 8/10<ref name=pcgw>{{cite web | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816131032/http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/simulation/usaf_uk/review.html | url=http://www.gamespot.co.uk/pc.gamespot/simulation/usaf_uk/review.html | title=''Jane's USAF'' Review | author=Jackson, Rowan | date=February 4, 2000 | work=PC Gaming World | archivedate=August 16, 2000 | url-status=dead}}</ref> }}
''USAF'' was a runner-up for ''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s 1999 "Simulation of the Year" award, which ultimately went to ''MiG Alley''.<ref name=cgwpremier1999>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=Computer Gaming World | title=The 2000 Premier Awards; The Very Best of a Great Year in Gaming |date=March 2000 | issue=188 | pages=69-75, 78-81, 84-90}}</ref> It was also a finalist for ''Computer Games Strategy Plus''{{'}}s 1999 "Simulation Game of the Year" award, losing again to ''MiG Alley''. The editors wrote: "All is forgiven for ''IAF'', Pixel Multimedia’s last sim. With ''USAF'', they deliver terrific gameplay and lots of options in this rah-rah All-American sim that's a great choice for beginners and experts alike".<ref name=cgmawards1999>{{cite web |author=Staff |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050324005917/http://cdmag.com/articles/026/150/intro.html |url=http://cdmag.com:80/articles/026/150/intro.html |title=The ''Computer Games'' Awards; The Best Games of 1999 |date=March 6, 2000 |work=Computer Games Strategy Plus |archivedate=March 24, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> {{clear}} ==References== <references />
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Category:1999 video games Category:Combat flight simulators Category:Electronic Arts games Category:Gulf War video games Category:Jane's Combat Simulations Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games Category:Video games developed in Israel Category:Video games set in Germany Category:Video games with historical settings Category:Vietnam War video games Category:Windows games Category:Windows-only games