'GRYPHON' - Megatransport

GRYPHON is a slow and lumbering transport aircraft, it occasionally appears as a mission target.

There is alternative variant, armed with tail cannon: GRYPHON-AWACS.

Strategy
With a massive 500 HP, GRYPHONs are capable of withstanding punishment from even the most damaging air-to-air weapons, save for the post-game experimental weapons. The destruction of GRYPHONs can cause aero reinforcements to appear, and are one of the only few aeros capable of doing so.

However, GRYPHONs are not much of a threat due to their large size making them easy to hit, as well as having a weak point in the cockpit and on the belly. The belly weakpoint requires a missile with a large enough explosion radius to hit.

Because of this, the GRYPHON is a relatively minor mission threat, and can be targeted after higher value targets have been destroyed.

Trivia

 * Modded aeros in .json format can be modified to accept a template name of either Aeroplane_Gryphon or Aeroplane_Mega, either of which will allow you to use the modded aero with the GRYPHON's stats.
 * GRYPHONs have an unused cargo bay that are sealed shut in normal play. This feature was originally meant for enemy GRYPHONs to drop cargo pods, and for allied GRYPHONs to repair/rearm the player.
 * The re-arming feature can be accessed via custom missions, even displaying a landing animation, though the game prevents you from doing anything after since there wasn't an option for the player to keep flying afterwards.