All I will offer is I've never played vs. RED or GREEN(?) but, I always play against the AI in generated campaigns within the games confines (In other words with no "mods" etc.).
I can't say I've seen the main issue being asked about, I can confirm what Don says about planes/jets crashing off map. That being said, I normally would see it crash on the edge of the "board" like when troops etc. exit off it.
Regards,
Pat
EDIT: I forgot to add for the
first time playing this game I found a "
downed pilot" this while playing "
The Walking Dead" scenario. It was toward the end of the game (I took it to the full
60 turns.) and was looking to the center North of the map for targets of opportunity for my air to expend their ammo on, when I noticed a U.S. flag on the board, I clicked on it and sure a enough it was a USAF pilot from a jet shot down earlier in the game. If I had a turn 61 he would've been rescued as I had a helo standing by landed at his location.
I thought that was
AWESOME, as I also felt air crews should have a chance at "
escape and maneuver" with hope of rescue for a very longtime.