The gameplay involves practicing flying and aerobatics in "free flight" mode, dogfighting against Soviet MiGs, launching strikes against land or sea-based targets, watching a demo, or loading a subLOGIC scenery disk. You can select which missiles and bombs your plane will have for combat missions.
The game features most of the indicators a real jet fighter would have, such as altimeter, heading, frame loading, gear status, brake status, fuel level, radar, attitude, and range. You can turn some of these on and off, using either the joystick or numeric keypad to steer, with additional keys for handling your optional indicators, landing gear, weapons, and eject button.