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[Edge of Tomorrow] In the beach landing scene, I saw a lot of fighter jets and attack helicopters. Do you think they would be effective against the Mimics?

Also, have you seen any tanks around? So far, I have only seen the mechanized soldiers, supply trucks, armed hovercrafts and some (supposedly) battleships.
gpt
Ultimately no, because of the nature of the Mimics they find ways to neutralize them. But the battle principle of air support is solid for what they are trying to do.  Artillery can lay down a creaping barrage to allow infantry to advance. Helicopters can quickly move to flank and pin down groups of Mimics. Jets are not dog fighting as we don't see any airborne Mimics, but the ones we see are probably doing guided bombing runs when infantry identifies large groups of Mimics. Dedicated ground attack aircraft like the A-10 Thunderbolt, or the Su-25 would be ideal for that role.

In the end you go to war with the army you have, and helicopters and jets are part of that army and if they wanted to storm that beach, they needed to be part of the equation.