How about this for the American UU?

[Knightblade pDM]

I saw this over at CFC and decided to throw this out to you guys here

Someone mentioned making the cruise missle unique to America or just an upgraded version of it instead of the F-15

I mentioned that give it Lethal Land/Sea and upgrade the bombardment strength/range. And make the F-15 available to all Civs.

Also, to give lethal Land/Sea to the Korean UU..

[MoonWolf]

Maybe it's better to increase the capabilities of the F-15? I guess many players already have trigged the lethal bombardment(s) for lots of the bombardment units.

[Jawa Jocky]

I'd rather see an M1a1 - Abrahams tank to replace the MA

[Mad Bomber]

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You could exchange half a dozen modern units for the American UU .

examples are; Super Carrier, Sea Wolf sub, M1 Abrams, M2 Bradley, MLRS, B-52, and numerous different fighter bombers including F-14, F-15, F-16, F-18. F-22, F-35.

The F-15 is a good choice for a UU, just the stats need to be improved in the editor.

A cruise missle as a UU? I wouldn't care for it at all. And why would you make the F-15 available to al civ's when there are only 4 countries which fly the F-15 (US, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Japan)

[Jawa Jocky]

F22 would've been a better plane.

[HolyWarrior]

In my mod that I play, I've given the hwacha lethal bombardment. I'm trying to decide whether or not to give that ability to other units such as bombers and battleships as well.

My choice for American UU would've been the Green Beret, a souped-up marine. Only problem with that is marines don't become obsolete, as every UU is set to do sooner or later.

[CiverDan]

I disagree on lethal attack for the F-15. It would allow the Americans to attack just with F-15s until all defenders are done. Kind of reminds me of civ 2 where I would simply attack units repeatedly with a stealth fighter, completely unrealistic. This unit just needs better range and bombard power, IMHO.

[HazieDaVampire]

British Army uses MLRS.

[arslankhan]

I always thought the best UU for America would be either Rifleman or Marine (especially since the Rifleman seems to be wearing an American Civil War era uniform).
I m not crazy about machines being UUs.

[Mad Bomber]

Civer Dan: You would need a lot of F-15's to follow that plan. Even with lethal bombardment, planes do not eliminate many units in cities. If you wanted to take a city you would still have to send in the ground pounders, which is realistic IMO (and I do play with a modded F-15 w/ lethal bombard)

[Master Zen]

Lethal bombardment on city units would not make much of a difference. However, bombing units in the open is very effective and I mod this ability into Stealth Fighters and F-15s.

[Master Zen]

I still think the F-15 was a good choice for a UU, few countries other than the US use it, it is the best fighter in the world today (well, maybe the Rafale...) and has been since the late 70's. It's ground-attack variant, the F-15E is also the best of its kind. Considering US military doctrine is based upon overwhelming air power, the F-15 is pretty much a representative of US military might. Sure, there might be more F-16s or the carriers might get more of the action. But when F-15s are deployed, you know the US means business.

[Fosse]

I played for a while with a standard infantry unit that I added 2 bonus hitpoints to. I called him a Doughboy, and deleted the F15.

[Underseer]

I think it would be fun to make the UU a homesteader, but that's just me.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

The best real life based UU for America is a larger than normal Aircraft Carrier. That's what it uses to project its influence everywhere.