UNSC Airpad

The UNSC airpad is a UNSC building in Halo Wars. As its name suggests, it is designed to construct aircraft, such as the Hornet, Hawk and Vulture.

Function
"Air superiority can be of vital importance, for example not only for intelligence gathering but also for tactical strikes at your enemy’s weak points. A UNSC Airpad is a surprisingly sophisticated structure that not only houses the maintenance crews required to refit, repair, and rearm Hornets, it also houses banks of simulation pods to train pilots in everything from the basics to advanced tactical maneuvers. Desperate times can call for desperate measures, and on more than a few occasions Firebase Commanders have thrown any able bodies they’ve had at their disposal into the simulators for a crash course in operating the Attack VTOL-14.  With the UNSC Spirit of Fire at your disposal to provide experienced air crews, chances are you won’t have to resort to these sorts of unorthodox procedures." -Halo Wars website description

Hornet
Mainline UNSC air unit. A versatile single-seat, fast aircraft armed with a Gatling gun and rockets.

Upgrades

 * Wingmen
 * Adds Marines riding shotgun to boost damage.
 * Chaff pod
 * Passive ability; better avoidance of missile fire.
 * Upgrade to Hawk super unit equipped with laser beams. (Available only if Professor Anders is the leader)

Vulture
UNSC super unit. Advanced air-weapons platform that can unleash devastating damage on all targets
 * Starting special attack
 * Active barrage

Upgrades

 * Mega barrage
 * Doubles the number of missile salvos in a barrage attack.