Exactly like my problem, only with me it's Navy Fighters.

Somebody suggested the sound problem -0 which I don't have!

Another suggestion was to reboot the PC - I haven't tried that yet - I'm at work!

Rob

Rebooting hasn't helped, i've tried that, and my sound works fine too. If nothing else i might go back to an earlier saved game and make Rheinland, or in your case the Navy very angry. Still, thats a lot of extra work to do to beat a mission.

I really don't want to do that, so if anyone knows how to get around it, i'd really like to know!

I have this problem, there has to be a patch someone can make/find for this.
just a suggestion, it takes a while but have you tried ramming them. worked for me. just keep bashing into them till they explode.

Ramming the ships will work... but the actual problem is the sound codac you are using. You might of noticed the voices in the game cutting out from time to time. but some people don't notice that. the solution is to follow the steps in the thread on the top of this forum titled "easier fix for sound problems". Fix the sound and the mission will work right.

If I had a nickel for every time someone told me that my idea for melting down coins to make a giant robotic parrot was a bad idea, I would have one kicka$$ giant robotic parrot.