Pat, for the most part they were added as scenario window dressing not a serious in game unit because, as you noted, they simply cannot do what their RL counterparts do. The fact they even circle a target and fire while doing so was an accomplishment only dreamed of in the days of SP2 But of the
Triumvirate of off map air assets we HAVE added, gliders, paras and gunships...gunships was the one that never quite worked but they did gradually grow from one or two curiosity units into a bit of a crowd that eats up increasingly scarce slots
