They nerfed the jets so much that they are not practically useless, they are useless period. In real life, which is what were supposedly trying to replicate in the games, aircraft are game changers. In real life if you own the air you own the ground. Same should be said for the games. If they really wanted to nerf the jets bombing ability properly then nerf the amount of bombs your allowed to deploy and the reload time. In BF 2 it was a little ridiculous for me to be able to take off, bomb a flag, fly back to the base, swoop in and reload then make another bombing run within 30 seconds. Make it so the bombs only reload after 2 minutes or something, but to do what they did to the jets is really ignorant on their part IMO. I have flown quite a bit in the new and improved jets in BF3 and there is just nothing you can do in them except shoot at enemy aircraft. Later if you invest the time in the jets you are granted the privilege to have some bombs, but only, as I understand them, will require the laser designator of someone on the ground. I think those and TV missiles should be saved for a more appropriate aircraft like the heli's. Give the jets dumb bombs like those that have been in every BF game before BC2 and now BF3. /rant
On another note the attack heli's are awesome I think. Loving them a lot lately. Now that I have my joystick able to work for it. Flight mechanics are wrong, but at least I can fly again.