Do strat bombers get a roll before the AA ?

All relevant rules refer to intercepting or scrambling Fighters (including Jet Fighters). The defender cannot send bombers to intercept.

@noneshallpass thanks for the response.

@insanehoshi
FAQ:
Q: When are damaged facilities repaired?

A: In the Production Phase. Thus, they can be used in the same turn.

Yes it’s right.

We don’t even get to debate issues anymore as HBG is too efficient on the Errata or FAQ !

AA Artillery is a land unit, part of the Artillery class (12.1).

However, it’s worth noting that fortifications are placed across a border and protect from attacks across that border (Rule 12.7), except for some Special Fortification Zones where the fortification protects the entire zone (12.8). The Maginot Line also has its own rules (1.23).

Therefore, if you can get your planes to attack from an unfortified border, the fortification bonus for the AA would not apply.

The same is true for the attacking land units if they can flank the fortified border.

@cdatkins74
Yeah I’m inclined to agree too. I was just curious how other people were interpreting the rule.

That’s what GHG is making it sound like to me.

I definitely get your point, I think it’s a lot of fun to be able to select what you’d want to buy as the minor power. But I guess I understand from a “simplifying the rules” standpoint to make this happen.

That said, I wonder what’s more helpful to those nations. Take Greece for example. Do they have better odds of building a unit with their 1 IPP a turn (assuming that territory wasn’t captured right away, that is)? Or are they better off rolling a D12 and needing a 1, 2 or 3 (again, depending on what was or wasn’t taken) to get an infantry/2 militia? Greece conceivably has as a 25% chance to get a unit if no territory lost right away. Those are pretty decent odds.