# Jane's USAF

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{{Short description|1999 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
| title      = Jane's USAF
| image      = Jane's USAF front box art.jpg
| developer  = Pixel Multimedia
| publisher  = [Electronic Arts](/source/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](/source/Jane's_Combat_Simulations)''
| platforms  = [Microsoft Windows](/source/Microsoft_Windows)
| released   = October 19, [1999](/source/1999_in_video_gaming)
| genre      = [Air combat simulation](/source/Combat_flight_simulation_game)
| modes      = [Single-player](/source/Single-player_video_game), [Multiplayer](/source/Multiplayer_video_game)
}}
'''''Jane's USAF: United States Air Force''''' is a [combat flight simulation video game](/source/Combat_flight_simulation_game) developed by Israeli studio Pixel Multimedia and released in 1999 as part of ''[Jane's Combat Simulations](/source/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](/source/Vietnam_War), [Persian Gulf War](/source/Gulf_War), and two fictional campaigns, one based on the Red Flag exercises and one depicting a war between [NATO](/source/NATO) and [Russia](/source/Russia) over Germany in the then-future of 2005.  Also included are single missions, with maps from the [Middle East](/source/Middle_East) to [Korea](/source/Korean_Peninsula).  Training missions include take-off, landing, and refuelling in [Nellis Air Force Base](/source/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](/source/GameRankings) |publisher=[CBS Interactive](/source/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](/source/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](/source/PC_Gaming_World) | archivedate=August 16, 2000 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

''USAF'' was a runner-up for ''[Computer Gaming World](/source/Computer_Gaming_World)''{{'}}s 1999 "Simulation of the Year" award, which ultimately went to ''[MiG Alley](/source/MiG_Alley_(video_game))''.<ref name=cgwpremier1999>{{cite magazine | author=Staff | magazine=[Computer Gaming World](/source/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](/source/Computer_Games_Magazine)''{{'}}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](/source/Computer_Games_Magazine) |archivedate=March 24, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==References==
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==External links==
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{{Jane's Combat Simulations}}

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

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