2 questions about aircrafts and reserve, and bombs

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**Beardedragon**

Hey guys.

Werent there a rule that allowed aircrafts with bombs, like void ravens and blitza bommers, to fly over a model and leave the battlefield, and still being able to drop bombs? The only articles i can see that talks about this was from 2020 so that seems a bit outdated. And i kind of lack my large rules book at this point.

Furthermore, units moving in to strategic reserve in the middle of the battle only needs to land before turn 5 otherwise they die. Because if they had to be back by turn 3, units like deffkoptas would be unable to use their "reserve" stratagem by turn 3 otherwise they would instantly die. Among other units that is. Are there any restrictions from putting a bomber in reserve on turn 1 and just appearing turn 5? Thinking in terms of "To The Last". Or is there a rule that ive missed that states you have to come down the turn after?

I was fairly sure i could do both, and i have recently. Just wanted to check if i was fully correct or i messed something up.

**p5freak**

If the aircraft starts the game on the battlefield and is put in reserves in turn 1 it can remain in strategic reserves and arrive in turn 5.

AIRCRAFT AND STRATEGIC RESERVES

Whenever an AIRCRAFT model arrives from Strategic Reserves, you can choose to set it up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" from any enemy models, facing any direction, instead of setting it up wholly within 6" of a particular battlefield edge. AIRCRAFT models can never declare a charge in the turn they arrive from Strategic Reserves, but otherwise follow all the normal rules for models arriving from Strategic Reserves.

If you have a Battle-forged army, AIRCRAFT units from your army can, in your Movement phase, move off the edge of the battlefield (assuming it has sufficient Move for any part of its base (or hull) to touch the edge of the battlefield). If an AIRCRAFT unit does so, it is placed into Strategic Reserves. Similarly, if you have an AIRCRAFT unit with a minimum Move characteristic that cannot make its minimum move, or is forced to move off the battlefield because of its minimum move, then it is placed into Strategic Reserves. In either case, placing the AIRCRAFT (and any units currently embarked within them) into Strategic Reserves in this manner does not cost any CPs and the unit can be set back up on the battlefield in your next turn, as described in Setting Up Strategic Reserve Units.

10. DECLARE RESERVES AND TRANSPORTS
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In War Zone Nachmund: Grand Tournament missions, Strategic Reserve and Reinforcement units can never arrive on the battlefield in the first battle round. Any Strategic Reserve or Reinforcement unit that has not arrived on the battlefield by the end of the third battle round counts as having been destroyed, as do any units embarked within them (this does not apply to units that are placed into Strategic Reserves after the first battle round has started).

RESOLVING ABILITIES WHEN MOVING OFF THE EDGE OF THE BATTLEFIELD

Some models, typically AIRCRAFT, have rules that are used after they have finished making a move in the Movement phase, such as dropping bombs on a unit they have moved over. If a unit has such a rule and it can move off the edge of the battlefield (such as is the case with AIRCRAFT when the Strategic Reserves rule is being used), then for the purposes of those rules, that unit’s move is considered to have finished when it touches the edge of the battlefield; such rules are then resolved, and the model is then removed from the battlefield.

**Beardedragon**

p5freak wrote:
If the aircraft starts the game on the battlefield and is put in reserves in turn 1 it can remain in strategic reserves and arrive in turn 5.

AIRCRAFT AND STRATEGIC RESERVES

Whenever an AIRCRAFT model arrives from Strategic Reserves, you can choose to set it up anywhere on the battlefield that is more than 9" from any enemy models, facing any direction, instead of setting it up wholly within 6" of a particular battlefield edge. AIRCRAFT models can never declare a charge in the turn they arrive from Strategic Reserves, but otherwise follow all the normal rules for models arriving from Strategic Reserves.

If you have a Battle-forged army, AIRCRAFT units from your army can, in your Movement phase, move off the edge of the battlefield (assuming it has sufficient Move for any part of its base (or hull) to touch the edge of the battlefield). If an AIRCRAFT unit does so, it is placed into Strategic Reserves. Similarly, if you have an AIRCRAFT unit with a minimum Move characteristic that cannot make its minimum move, or is forced to move off the battlefield because of its minimum move, then it is placed into Strategic Reserves. In either case, placing the AIRCRAFT (and any units currently embarked within them) into Strategic Reserves in this manner does not cost any CPs and the unit can be set back up on the battlefield in your next turn, as described in Setting Up Strategic Reserve Units.

10. DECLARE RESERVES AND TRANSPORTS
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.
.
In War Zone Nachmund: Grand Tournament missions, Strategic Reserve and Reinforcement units can never arrive on the battlefield in the first battle round. Any Strategic Reserve or Reinforcement unit that has not arrived on the battlefield by the end of the third battle round counts as having been destroyed, as do any units embarked within them (this does not apply to units that are placed into Strategic Reserves after the first battle round has started).

RESOLVING ABILITIES WHEN MOVING OFF THE EDGE OF THE BATTLEFIELD

Some models, typically AIRCRAFT, have rules that are used after they have finished making a move in the Movement phase, such as dropping bombs on a unit they have moved over. If a unit has such a rule and it can move off the edge of the battlefield (such as is the case with AIRCRAFT when the Strategic Reserves rule is being used), then for the purposes of those rules, that unit’s move is considered to have finished when it touches the edge of the battlefield; such rules are then resolved, and the model is then removed from the battlefield.

Thank you my good man. I was positive that i was right on both accounts, but i just couldnt remember where i saw it.

Thanks.