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I know dakka jet is the best bang for your buck but is the Burna bomber close second? I really like how that jet looks and really want to build one but not at the expense of it being garbage on the table. Any thoughts on this?

A friend runs two jets and one bomber... great combo.

Burna is the wonderful tactical toolbox due to it's ability to explode very powerfully.

You can position it rightly so it can't move it's minimal speed and explodes next to it's target (works best when your enemy sits in the corner).

One burna bomber IMHO is a must. Dakka is debatable. It shoots better, but overall you can get this from another sources cheaper.

Dakkajets and burnabomber can both be viable but make sure to include more armored stuff in your list otherwise a single plane will die in turn 1 against any army.

With a green tide bring at least 2 fliers, if not 3. Otherwise single fliers are ok in lists with walkers and/or vehicles.

The burna bommer is pretty good at taking out single wound elite infantry and GEQ - basically anything that comes in units of 10 and is worth some points. Pathfinders, Aspect Warriors (Dark Reapers!), Thousand Sons, Plague Marines, Berzerkers, enemy Tank Bustas are all great targets for their bombs and shooting.

The Dakkajet is good at taking out units with bad saves or assassinating characters (jump next to them, unload).

I feel like both a have their place in an ork army, it just depends on what you want.

Avoid the blitza bommer though. As a modeling tip, just use the big bombs for your burna model and glue the extra shooters to the wings. It looks awesome and you can count your plane as any of the three loadouts.