Strategy Guide Warning: The following material explains how to beat each mission in Apache Air Assault, and therefore may make gameplay exceeding simply. We suggest trying to beat each level before reading this guide. Note that there are places throughout this document that refer to compass directions. The compass is available in cockpit view only.

1. Reconnaissance
Fly low, and hover above the targets indicated by radar. Use the hover command to stabilize your altitude. Once your primary objective is finished, use the ground units for target practice. Try using your hydra rockets and hellfire missiles on vehicles and your cannon gun on soldiers.

2. Destroy the Enemy Anti-Air
Fly northeast until you reach the second small village, and then head southeast towards your objective. Fly to the mountain at a low altitude to sneak up on the enemy. Take out the first radar station with your hydra rockets, using the mountain to shield you from enemy attack. Fly around the mountain to take out the second radar station. Do not attempt to fly over the mountain. Continue in this fashion to destroy all primary and secondary targets.

3. The Training Camp
Fly low to avoid enemy radar. Seek out any armored vehicles with the hellfire missiles, and shoot any extremists with either the hydras or cannons. This will enable you to easily take out the camp that they are near.

4. Liberating Khartausti
There are radicals in the nearby coastal town, so a direct approach to your target is ill advised. Fly northeast until you reach land, and then fly east towards you target. Switch to your hellfire missiles, and only get within targeting range. Take advantage of the long-range missiles to destroy all of the targets and complete the mission and then head back to base.

5. TV Scrambler
Directly northeast of the base lies a narrow ravine. Maneuver along its course to avoid detection by enemy forces. When the TV mast becomes visible, stay low, and take advantage of the Hellfire missile's long range to take out the target. Avoid all ground units.

6. Red Cross Escort
Fly ahead of the convoy and neutralize all enemy threats along the road using the long-range hellfire missiles. When you approach the small village, stay low to the ground. Make several passes at the village and destroy any armored vehicles. Finish off the remaining troops with your cannon and wait for the convoy.

7. Seek and Destroy
Fly northeast towards the cargo truck indicated on your radar. Fly fast and low, and avoid any enemy troops along the way. Use your hydra rocket to destroy the first cargo truck. You should be able to do it in a single fly-by. Use the same tactics on the second cargo truck. Afterward, you can use your remaining hellfire missiles to take out the armored vehicles from a safe distance.

8. Capture the Oil Fields
Fly low and fast towards your target. Avoid all ground troops along the way. Save your hellfire missiles for the armored vehicles that surround the oil refinery. Make several passes at the oil refinery, while you lock-on and destroy the vehicles with your hellfire missiles, and then finish them off with your hydra rockets.

9. Eradicate the Airfield
Fly north through the mountains to avoid all enemy ground units. Use the hellfire missiles to take out armored vehicles surrounding the airfield from a distance. Finish off the remaining vehicles with hydra rockets, and then destroy the hangers and other objectives.

10. River Raid
Follow the river and destroy all boats using your hydra rockets. Save your hellfire missiles for later combat. You may need to make several passes at boats to destroy them. Move quickly, and never stay in one location for too long. Do not engage the enemy ground forces along the rivers edge. Once you have destroyed all boats, your secondary objective will be to destroy armored vehicles. Use the hellfire missiles to knock out most of the vehicles, and then finish them off with the hydras.

11. Protect the Convoy
Fly ahead of the Red Cross Truck, and use your hellfire missiles to seek out any armored vehicles.

12. Support Operation
Fly west towards your target. Avoid enemy ground units along the way. There are some mountains to the south of you. Fly up and over the mountains as you reach your target, and then use your hellfire missiles to seek and destroy all of the vehicles located around the field base. If you need to, use a few of your hydra rockets to finish your primary objective. Approach your secondary objective, and unload your hydra rocket in several successive sweeps towards the enemy ground units. Try and destroy the red explosive barrels that they are near to help you.

13. Destroy the Factories
Take a route around the mountains to reach the drugs factory. Head straight west until the drugs factory is northeast of your location, indicated by your radar. Fly around the mountain, and head east by northeast to your target. Use two hellfire missiles to destroy armored vehicles from a distance. Next, use your hydra rockets to demolish the factory. Make several passes at the factory. Watch out for additional ground vehicles. When you have completed the primary objective, follow the river, and use your remaining hellfire missiles to destroy the boats.

14. Partisan Assistance
Use the mountains for cover, and your long-range hellfire missiles to destroy the targets. From your base, fly immediately northwest towards your target. When the target is within visual range, use two hellfire missiles. Be sure to target the correct building. Once destroyed, turn around and fly south to your next target. Use the same tactics, and destroy the structure from a distance. You will need to fly in close to get the last target. Follow the radar, and use your hellfire missiles on the last target.

15. Under attack
You need to be quick on this mission. Take off and unleash your hydra rockets on the line of tanks that are approaching your base. With good aim, you should be able to destroy all of them in a single pass. Then turn around and use your hellfire missiles to seek out the vehicle that has invaded your base. Move quickly, because there is a second wave of vehicles coming. If they are still a ways from your base, you can use your remaining hellfire missiles on them. However, if they are approaching your base, you may want to use the remainder of your hydra rockets.

16. Village in danger
Move fast towards your targets indicated by your radar. Once the targets are within range, use your hellfire missiles to destroy eight vehicles as you continue to approach. Then switch to your hydra rockets, and finish off the rest of the vehicles. When your primary objective is complete, go inspect the boats, and return to base.

17. Destroy Militia Base
Follow the path that is southwest of your starting location, which will lead you to your objective. Use your hellfire missiles to take out armored vehicles on route from a distance. Use the hydra rocket to carefully take out the marked structures. Be careful not to destroy the surrounding structures. Once your objective is complete, follow the path back to base.

18. Mayday
Follow the path near the base north by northeast towards your primary objective. When you reach the 'T' in the road, hover the helicopter at the top of the mountain facing your targets. Use one hellfire missile on your first target, and then cycle through the target to destroy the armored units that are halfway up the mountainside. When you are out of missiles, fly in close to finish the job with your hydra rockets.

19. Inspect the Laboratory
Follow the path near the base north by northeast until it comes to a 'T' in the road. Use three hellfire missiles to take out the three armored vehicles at the 'T'. Continue following the road west towards your target. On route, use your hydra rockets to destroy the next three vehicles. Switch to your hellfire missiles, and use the rest on your remaining targets. Use only one hellfire per vehicle. If you have done it correctly, you will have reached the lab, destroyed all armored vehicles, and completed your secondary objective. Your primary objective will then be easy to complete.

20. Destroy the Laboratory
The trick with this mission is not to waste ammo. You will also want to approach the lab from the river instead of the path that you followed in the previous mission. Fly north by northeast until you reach the river. Fly west, towards the objective, until it is within visual range. Use your radar and hellfire missiles to seek and destroy eight armored vehicles in the nearby area. You will likely have two enemy vehicles left hiding in the structures. Destroy them with your hydra rockets, but make your shots count. Once all of the enemy vehicles are destroyed, your secondary objective will be complete. Next, use your hydra rockets to destroy structures that are marked by your radar as 'destroy'. If you are a good shot, you will have enough rockets. If not, use your cannon to finish the job.

21. Don Passo Attacks
Quickly descend to an altitude below 400 ft to avoid enemy radar. Fly towards your first target, using the radar to avoid any enemy units along the way. There is a rock ledge just before you reach the first target. Slow down and use your hellfire missiles to seek and destroy the targets and complete your primary objective. Next, follow the indictor to your second objectives. It is hidden within a canyon, so you will want to approach it carefully. Use your hydra rockets or your new Zuni rockets to destroy the target and complete the secondary objective.

22. Don Passo Tries Again
Immediately descend to a lower altitude and take evasive action to avoid any incoming missiles. Follow the river directly South of your location until you come to a bridge. Turn northeast towards your targets indicated by radar. Destroy as many vehicles as you can with your hellfire missiles while hovering over the bridge. Then ascend on the remaining targets, using your Zuni rockets to take them out.

23. The Temple Base
On this mission, a direct approach is ill advised, since your enemies have the advantage of higher ground. Fly north by northeast. When you cross the river, continue north by northeast up the steep mountainside, until the temple and enemy troops are to the west of your location. Turn towards your targets, and use your hellfire rockets to take out as many as you can from a distance. Do not destroy the temple or your mission will end. Once your hellfire missiles are depleted, fly around the temple and destroy any remaining vehicles with your Zuni rockets or your Hydra rockets if any vehicles are close to the temple. Once you have secured the perimeter, use your cannon to take out the foot soldiers on the temple to complete your mission.

24. Eliminate Don Passo
Immediately descend to an altitude under 400ft. Fly west by southwest along a ravine at the base of a mountain towards your target. When the base is within visual range, switch to your hellfire missiles to seek out and destroy eight different ground vehicles. You will need to approach the base slowly to get all eight. Also note that there is a line of tanks approaching the base north of your location. These are friendlies, and should not be destroyed. Once you are out of hellfire missiles, you will want to approach the base and take out the remaining targets indicated by radar. However, do not fly directly over the base. The enemy has massive firepower at their disposal. Instead, carefully circle the base and use your Hydra and Zuni rockets to first take out vehicles and then the structures.

25. Escort the Journalists
To effectively protect the journalist, you will need to be quick and aggressive to destroy all of the enemy vehicles in the area. Take off and fly northwest. There is one tank surrounded by foot soldiers on the road. Use your Zuni rockets to destroy it. Do not waste time destroying the foot soldiers. Do not stop. Just beyond the tank is a downhill slope that goes into the riverbed. Fly low, and at the base of the riverbed, turn right and fly northeast and destroy the tank and armored vehicles with your Zuni rockets. Try to get them all with one pass. Next, turn back towards the path. Use your Hellfire missiles to seek and destroy eight vehicles in the surrounding area. Once you have done this, you should be able to find and destroy the remaining vehicles with Hydra or Zuni rockets. Be sure to destroy all the vehicles, including near the airstrip. Once this is done, wait for the journalist to make it to the airbase to complete the objective.

26. Bury Them Alive
Fly northeast towards your first target. When you get near to entrance of the caves, fly low and make your approach in an easterly direction. Do not enter the area where the caves are situated. Use your hellfire missiles to seek out the ground vehicles, and then use your Zuni rockets to take out the caves from a distance to complete your primary objective. Taking out the rest of the ground vehicles is a little trickier. Use the rest of your hellfire missiles to seek and destroy those vehicles that you can see from a distance. Then, and only then, should you try and enter into the heart of the enemy base and destroy the remaining vehicles with Zuni or Hydra rockets.

27. Destroy the Refinery
Fly north towards the old refinery. When you approach the refinery, unleash your Zuni rockets as you fly by the refinery. If you make a big enough explosion, you will destroy all of the ground vehicles that are surrounding the refinery. If you destroy all of the ground units, your secondary objective will be complete. If it is not complete once you pass the refinery, turn around, and use your Hellfire missiles to destroy any remaining units. Then use your Zuni or Hydra to finish off the factory.

28. Preemptive Strike
Fly northeast towards the enemy ground units. As you make your approach, use your Hellfire missiles to take out as many vehicles as you can from a distance. Finish off the rest by making several fly-bys and use your Zuni rockets.

29. Terrorists Retreat
Fly northeast towards into the mouth of the canyon. Destroy the first four units with hellfire missiles. This will complete your secondary objective. There are two main groups of enemy units that have split into two different paths in the canyon. It does not matter which one you take out first. They are traveling in a line formation, so it is best to use your Zuni rockets to cause the most damage. However, if you would like, you can also use up the rest of your hellfire missiles. Make several fly-bys to destroy the enemy units.

30. Clear the Canyon
Sneak up slowly on your first target, and destroy it with hydra rockets. Do not enter the canyon yet. Next, destroy all of the vehicles that you can see with your hellfire missiles. Then, slowly enter the canyon and destroy the one target on your right, and the two targets on your left with your remaining hellfire missiles. Switch to your special Zuni rockets. Begin to make several sweeps through the canyon, and destroy as many vehicles as you can. Halfway through the canyon, there is a place where there are not any enemy units. Use this as a turn around point, and go back through the canyon. Only make shots that you know will be a hit- do not waste your ammo. The enemy units will have a hard time shooting you down if you keep moving. Once you have used up all of your special weapons, switch to your hydra rockets to finish off the remaining vehicles.

31. Final Encounter
In this mission, there are more targets than you have ammo. A direct assault will be impossible. You will want to attack Al-Zahir's base from strategic vantage points along the perimeter of the canyon clearing. As you enter the clearing, fly low and fast along the base of the mountain on your left until you come to a small opening. You should be able to make it there with minimal damage. Do not waste your ammo on the nearby ground units; your tanks will take care of them for you. Using the mountain to shield you from attack, hover in the air and target the Al-Zahir's camps as indicated by your radar. You will barely be in range of the second target, so you may need to creep forward a little to get it in radar lock. The third structure will be Al-Zahir's palace, but you will be out of range to hit it. Take off and continue flying along the perimeter of the clearing, over the dead trees, until you are behind Al-Zahir's palace next to a radio tower. Be careful not to fly too low to the ground as you make your ascent to the radio tower. Again, using the mountain to shield you from attack, use your remaining six Hellfire Missiles to take out the ground vehicles between you and the palace. Next, move forward and position yourself adjacent to Al-Zahir's palace. If you stay low, no ground units will be able to hit you. Use your Zuni rockets to destroy the palace and win the game.