Please explain the AI wingman comms?

[White Owl]

I'm stuck on the final mission of the stock campaign, mostly because I can't figure out how to talk to my AI wingman. I've used the quick-comms. I've used the full comms menu. He doesn't respond to anything I tell him, so he's uselessly cruising around the sky with a full load of bombs and rockets while I engage both enemy P-51s alone. Even if I stay alive for awhile, the escorted plane doesn't.

 

In the previous mission I could get the wingman to cover me and occasionally even hit a few ground targets...:helpsmilie:

 

There must be something I'm not understanding about how comms work. Anybody willing to explain it slowly and simply, with small words?

[White Owl]

Or, to look at the problem another way...

 

Maybe I'm wrong about the comms not working correctly. Maybe the problem lies elsewhere.

 

How do/did you beat the final mission in the stock campaign? What's an effective strategy?

[WildBillKelsoe]

You lose the bombs and be light as a feather. You should stay VERY close to transport, and when they come, it will stutter when their guns go off. Have wingman on channel B and when he sez tally bandits, order him to attack. Never leave the transport.