novgorod airbase scramble question

[Cow]

so germany drops into baltic states, no naval battle is occuring, but can russians scramble still?

This came up in a game and no one know the answer.

[Gargantua]

YES, they may scramble.

[Cow]

woah ���� that is cool

[knp7765]

Fighters and tacs on an airbase can scramble into any sea zone that territory borders even if the enemy attack is not on that particular territory. A few examples:
Allies attack Korea; the airbase on Japan can scramble to SZ 6.
Axis attack Baltic States, Vyborg or Allied controlled Finland; the airbase in Novgorod can scramble to SZ 115
Axis attack Karelia, Archangel, Nenetsia or Allied controlled Finland; the airbase in Novgorod can scramble to SZ 127
Axis attack Normandy/Bordeaux or Allied controlled Holland/Belgium; the Airbase in Great Britain can scramble to SZ 110

Those are just a few examples off the top of my head.

[seththenewb]

What if say the USN moves into an empty sz112 but doesn't land any troops? Could ftr/tac scramble? If they can't or the Germans don't scramble, what happens when a uk transport then unloads into say norway or denmark? Any  scrambled air would only fight the Brit units right?

[Alsch91]

If the US forces are moving in Non-combat - which is what you described - then there is no scramble.
Scrambling takes places after combat movement and before combat.

If a UK transport tried to attack in SZ 112 and Germany scrambled, then only UK forces would fight.
If it were only a transport, then scrambling would prevent UK from successfully being able to unload troops.

[seththenewb]

Awesome, thanks