Wings Over Europe

• A - Admire accessibility
• B - Toggle boredom/excitement
• C - Toggle complexity/simplicity
• D - Despair at the uninspired presentation
• E - Enthuse about the fact that the campaign missions are randomly generated
• F - Fly around for ages in search of a hill
• G - Grimace at the lacklustre terrain visuals
• H - Hover in the Harrier jump-jet because you can
• I - Ignore the A-10 Thunderbolt and F-15 Eagle because you've been flying them for years in other games
• J - Jettison drop-tanks in readiness for a ruckus
• K - Use keyboard rather than joystick (totally practical)
• L - Limp back to base in a flak-ravaged Hawker Hunter
• M - Marvel at the wealth of excellent community-made mods that are available
• N - Download the free NATO Fighters enhancement pack
• O - Order wingman to cover your six
• P - Pause game and ponder the sad lack of atmosphere
• Q - Question the absence of flyable Russian planes
• R - Master radar modes in five minutes
• S - Smile after nailing MiG with last few cannon rounds
• T - Tut after watching one bandit's lazy attempts at evasion
• U - Underestimate another bandit and get shot-down as a result
• V - Vandalize bridge with well-placed stick of 500lb bombs
• W - Wonder if you shouldn't have saved your money for the upcoming Jet Thunder Or Lock On: Black Shark
• X - Expire instantly after being struck by a SAM
• Z - Doze after flying eight campaign sorties on the trot

• (Not assigned) - Activate Ace AI
• (Not assigned) - Activate flyable choppers
• (Not assigned) - Activate superlative realism
• (Not assigned) - Activate high fidelity avionics
• (Not assigned) - Activate IL2-quality damage modelling
• (Not assigned) - Activate Falcon 4-style strategic depth
• (Not assigned) - Activate Falcon 4-style head-scratching
• (Not assigned) - FSX framerates
• (Not assigned) - Period atmosphere
• (Not assigned) - Freshness
• (Not assigned) - Frills
• (Not assigned) - Imagination

Menu Screen Controls

• 1 - Select dynamic campaign Red Thunder (1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis escalates. The Soviets launch an invasion of Western Europe.)
• 2 - Select dynamic campaign Red Hammer (1968. Emboldened by the weak NATO response to the Czech invasion, the Reds attempt to forcibly re-unite Germany.)
• 3 - Select dynamic campaign Red Lightning (1978. Anticipating decades of demonisation at the hands of decadent Western flight sim developers, the Russians mount a pre-emptive strike on 'Free Europe'.)
• 4 - Select flexible quick mission generator
• 5 - Select meagre single sortie selection
• 6 - Select dogfight or co-op multiplayer (maximum 16 players)
• 7 - Select instant action
• (Not assigned) - Select interactive tutorials
• (Not assigned) - Select unit encyclopaedia
• (Not assigned) - Select gun camera films

Loadout Screen Controls

• S - Select Sidewinder AAM
• P - Select Sparrow AAM
• N - Select BLU-1 napalm bomb
• N - Select another BLU-1 napalm bomb
• N - Call me Papa Barbecue
• M - Select TV-guided Maverick AGM
• P - Select Paveway laser-guided bomb
• R - Select Rockeye cluster bomb
• (Not assigned) - Select crate of African killer bees
• (Not assigned) - Select Steinway grand piano
• (Not assigned) - Select live donkey
• (Not assigned) - Select Toyota HiLux
• (Not assigned) - Select canister full of 'Please Surrender' leaflets
• X - Cycle through the dozens of other available weapons
• (Not assigned) - Cycle through nuclear munitions

View Controls

• F1 - Display nicely modelled aircraft interior
• F2 - Display nicely modelled aircraft exterior
• F3 - Chase view
• F4 - Fly-by view
• F5 - Weapon view
• F6 - Tower view
• (Not assigned) - Breathtaking view
• NumPad 4 - Look left
• NumPad 6 - Look right
• NumPad 2 - Look back to Third Wire's last two sims (Strike Fighters and Wings Over Vietnam) and note the series' relatively slow rate of progress
• NumPad 8 - Look forward to Third Wire's next sim - the imminent First Eagles - The Great War. Maybe that one will have more character and charm

Graphics settings

• F12 - Toggle detail level (Shocking/Dated/Not half as pretty as Lock On)
• Alt + V - Turn on vapour trails
• Alt + G - Turn on glinting bare-metal fuselages
• Alt + P - Turn on fiery pyrotechnics
• (Not assigned) - Turn on canopy reflections
• (Not assigned) - Turn on convincing cities
• (Not assigned) - Turn on glittering, reflective Baltic
• (Not assigned) - Turn on handsome forests
• (Not assigned) - Turn on villages
• (Not assigned) - Turn on seasons
• (Not assigned) - Turn on fluffy volumetric clouds
• (Not assigned) - Turn on fluffy volumetric cloud shadows
• (Not assigned) - Turn on road and rail networks
• (Not assigned) - Turn on power-lines
• (Not assigned) - Turn on airbase bustle
• (Not assigned) - Turn on infantry

Miscellaneous Controls

• Print Screen - Take screenshot
• Delete - Take screenshot of swooping shark-mouthed Thunderbolt spitting rockets at a column of Red armour
• End - Take screenshot of Sparrow air-to-air missile turning an Il-28 Beagle bomber into a blazing meteorite shower
• Insert - Take screenshot of Harrier lobbing 1000lb bomb into the hold of a Soviet ship
• Scroll Lock - Take screenshot of F105-D Thunderchief doing victory rolls over devastated enemy airfield
• Home - Take screenshot of SAM missile closing on a desperately jinking F4 Phantom
• Ctrl + X - Exit the game
• Shift + X - Exit the game entertained but underwhelmed
• Alt + X - Exit the game and go back to Lock On: Modern Air Combat
• Ctrl + Alt + X - Exit the game, take deep breath, and go back to Falcon 4: Allied Force