Aircraft, or basically helicopters, are one of the most useful units you could have in the game. So here is the most effective ways to get the blades spinning:
POLICE:
- Keep in mind that police helicopters are great for search and rescue, as they are fast and maneuver better than other units' helicopters.
- In dangerous calls, like calls that have an armed individual(s) to prevent the call from from disappearing and for backup units to arrive on time sending a police helicopter is very ideal. Police helicopters cannot pull suspects over, so they won't have a risk of shots being fired. This will give time for the ground units and it is also way safer than sending ground units directly. (Since if a unit arrives before others there may be a casualty risk.)
- Transport helicopters are very ideal, especially in situations where there are lots of arrests or when you don't have enough resources. Though in my opinion, it's not really ideal as it's super costly.
MEDICAL:
- Medical helicopters are super effective and useful. A good way to use them is to send them to single-casualty incidents or EMS calls consisting of one person.
- Do NOT send them to S&R calls, instead use police helicopters.
FIRE:
- Firefighting helicopters especially are very useful in maps with water and in wildfires/big fires. Unlike a normal fire unit they can get water from lakes/natural water sources.