Finally!! Turn 23 battle is over with a fairly decisive victory for the US.
US/NK
Men 66/1538
Artillery 1/6
APCs 0/126
AFVs 1/88
Helos 0/0
Aircraft 0/0
Score 30014/1356
Next Battle US vs NK in the Highlands
Repair costs was 599 points
Upgrading MGs to 120mm mortars
Upgrading 1 Battalion of 105s to 155 ETCs
Upgrading all 81mm Mortars to 120mm Mortars
Upgrading 3 105 Platoons for 3 FASCAM Sections
Added 1 Platoon of Assualt Engineers
And yes the aircraft did disappear

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