
If you own GTA V, you already own a free jet game with 93 aircraft and real people to fight. MCS runs inside FiveM, costs nothing and puts you in the air within a minute.
Fifth generation fighters, Cold War interceptors, attack helicopters and tracked armour, spawned from a menu in seconds.
Arcade handling on keyboard or pad. Take off, find the fight, learn the merge in an evening.
Lobbies that fill: team deathmatch, free for all, a 1v1 dogfight arena, ranked matches and private lobbies with a code.
An interface in 17 languages and a community of twenty thousand on Discord.
Free means free: no premium airframe, no pay-to-win. The store sells queue priority and cosmetics only.
You need a legal copy of GTA V on a Windows PC. FiveM is free and installs in minutes. There is no console version.
The first load takes three to five minutes because the whole fleet comes down with it. Every load after that takes seconds.
It is an arcade server, not a study sim. If you want a startup checklist, this is the wrong place, on purpose.
Download and install FiveM from fivem.net if you haven't already. You need GTA V to play.
The join queue reads your Discord identity, so Discord has to be running and you have to be a member of the MCS server on it. It is also where support lives and where the flight windows will be called.
Open FiveM, go to the server browser, and search for 'MCS' or 'Military Combat Simulator'.
Click Connect and wait for resources to load. The first load takes three to five minutes because ninety three custom vehicles come down with it. Every load after that takes seconds.
Yes, FiveM requires a legal copy of GTA V (Steam or Rockstar Games). You don't need GTA Online access.
Yes. MCS is free, with no pay-to-win and no donation required. Every machine is unlocked from the first connection. The store sells queue priority and cosmetics only.
If you can run GTA V, you can play on MCS! Recommended: 8GB RAM, GTX 1060 or better, and a stable internet connection.
No, FiveM is PC-only. You need a Windows PC with GTA V installed to play on MCS.
Free, no application, no launcher beyond FiveM itself. The first load takes a few minutes, the first fight takes one.