@lnxduk:
you could play with the optional rule that tanks can’t hit air (like subs can’t hit air)
that way you will unlikely leave a tank unguarded to those bombers!
It would also help balance the game, the usa can build bombers, and prevent armor only in eastern poland (sometimes I attack the german armor stack with air only anyway if I have a lot converted)
Or one could play with the optional rule that all air units attack or defend in the opening fire step of a landbased combat, but only if the opponent does not have any air units. This would reflect air superiority!
Another optional rule would be that fighters are free to pick enemy targets!
What do you think about it???