AI strategies during modern war

[wertyguy]

I have finally reached a game where I am fighting the beginning of a modern war. Most everyone has infantry and zepplins. I am at war with Catherine and I was trying to take down one of here cities when i noticed that she had 4 zepplins sitting in the city. Not once during the past like 15 turns did she use those on my. No while i acknowledge that they aren't extremely powerful. The can serve a purpose if you have more than a few of them. Also if nobody has fighers they pretty much don't get shot down. I was using mine to chop down her machine gunners so taking over cities would be easier. So maybe since i really had catherine on her heels at this time does the AI not use air power in a defensive war? I am just wondering if the AI knows how to use the Air units at all? By the way i am am playing on Prince. Does difficulty make a difference? Also I have noticed that the AI will take a stack of units and bring them up to my city but then only attack with like 3/4 of the stack. They probably could have taken my city over if they attacked with the full stack. Once again is this because of my difficulty level. Is the AI more cutthroat at higher levels. Has anyone seen effective strategies by the AI during a modern war?

 

[Mr Incognito]

AI is very effective at using later air units, ive seen some use of zepplins particularly in recon and some city attacks though they really dont do all that much. I see it can see submarines so maybe thats mroe its intended use? would explain why the AI recons with it all the time (even when at peace)

Its mainly bombers and fighters the AI ues to great effect to support slower moving infantry. I was surprised by the AI ignoring tanks altogether and going for flight as a priority and quickly had a choke point city full of machine guns and infantry decimated by aerial attack (before i had flight myself ) and for him to send his infantry units to clean up what was left of them. Didnt see him use paratroopers as intended tho just as though they were ordinary infantry. But yeah the AI will try and rule the skies if u let him and its hard to hold out once that happens.