Metal Hawk/Area K-5

For its third mission, Metal Hawk will start out directly over the rock on the bottom-left side of the area. While the familiar arrow is pointing you towards the island on the left-hand side of the area, push the lever up to descend to about 200 metres; it has three Type 3 Cannons firing anti-aircraft missiles up at you from their positions on it (which you can drop a missile of your own on for 10 points apiece), three gas tanks (which you can also drop a missile on for 30 points apiece), a small building (which you can again drop a missile on for 20 points) and a Red Heri flying towards you (which can be shot for 10 more points). Once you have destroyed them all, the arrow will reappear and point you towards the island on the right-hand side of the area; it has a landing pad, two medium-sized buildings and a satellite dish on it (which you can drop a missile on for 15 points apiece), along with four more Type 3 Cannons firing anti-aircraft missiles up at you from their positions on it and another Red Heri flying towards you. Once you have destroyed them all, the arrow will reappear and point you towards the giant aircraft carrier on the bottom-right side of the area; it has a Type 1 Cannon, three Type 2 Cannons, an eighth Type 3 Cannon, two Type 6 Cannons and three Type 7 Cannons firing more anti-aircraft missiles up at you from their positions on it (which you can each drop a missile on for 10 points apiece). You will also have to deal with two Battleships sailing through the water on either side of the carrier and firing anti-aircraft missiles up at you from their behind (which you can drop a missile on for 20 points apiece). The carrier will then launch several more Red and Green Heri into the air (which will fly towards you once they have reached your altitude), along with a few Type 1 Jets (which, like the Heri, can be shot for 10 points apiece); once you have destroyed them all, start dropping missiles on the various parts of the carrier to destroy them for 5-20 points apiece (its core, however, is worth 200 points). Once you have scored over 550 points, Metal Hawk will fly back up to its highest altitude of 400 metres and off the top of the screen. You will then get 10 bonus points for every second you have remaining, and the highest military ranking you can have attained at this point is that of a Captain. Metal Hawk will now proceed to Area B-6: Fortress in the Sky.