Heads up to all you flight game fanatics out there, Majesco has announced that their flight action game for the DS, F-24 Stealth Fighter, has just shipped to stores and is now up for grabs.

Developed by Skyworks Technologies, F-24 Stealth Fighter is set in the Middle East, wherein hostilities are continually being exchanged between Iraq and Iran. In the game, you'll be siding with Iraq as you try to combat Iran's offensive air operations that Iran is cooking up, as reported by intelligence reports. Players will get to take on 20 different land and sea missions as you battle it out with the enemy and try to prevent the offensive air operations from being carried out effectively.

Some of the game's features include:

• Multi-player aerial combat for up to four players
• Touch Screen use to execute launch procedures from the cockpit and assess enemy targets during briefing
• First-person, carrier-based take offs and landings as well as in-flight refueling
• Utilization of the AWACS Operational Radar Grid to maneuver towards enemy bogeys
• Two difficulty modes: Novice and Ace
• Realistic aircraft and combat sound effects.
  

F-24 Stealth Fighter is now available at your nearest retail stores with the suggested retail price of US$ 19.99.

Flight sims are fun when you finally get the hang of them. Fighting flight sims are even more fun, since you can always just crash your plane into the enemy and not care. Fighter pilot fans better thank Majesco Entertainment and Skyworks Technologies then, because they're making a DS version of the GBA flying sim known as F-24 Stealth Fighter.

F-24 Stealth Fighter is an object lesson in applying the problems of today's world into video games. In the game, you are tasked with keeping stability in the Middle East. Due to increasing military and political problems in the region, your job has you completing 20 missions over land and sea to neutralize threats to Iran and its neighboring countries.

It's not just about practicing your shooting skills with indiscriminate missile barrages, however. You'll also have to learn how to accurately pilot your craft to take off and land from aircraft carriers and refuel in mid-flight.

It'll be interesting to see how the controls will be implemented in this flight sim, especially in their plans for effectively using both screens. You'll have to wait for early 2007 to grab a copy though, but you can always grab the GBA version for 15 bucks if the need to fly is really getting to you. Enjoy!