I don't think the Steel Talons have more AA than anybody particularly, though they do rely on mammoth tanks, among other things, and they have AA rockets. In fact, I reckon a force of planetary assault carriers could take down a Steel Talon armoured column, (there probably isn't much that they can't kill).

versus a horde of PACs??

rocket or missle spam, cheap and AA, or, spam slingshots with the upgrade for that, or, fire hawks, with the missle loadout and the hardpoints upgrade...

and i find that when using the steel talons, i tend to favor the titan and wolverine, guess its just nastalgia, cause air units completly pawn a titan & wolvy strike force..lol, no AA...

PACs are hard to take down without micromanagement, as units have a tendency to shoot at the fighter-things rather than the actual carrier, and if one creates an ion storm all the aircraft get bonuses, as well as ion lightening strikes on nearby unfortunate people. A titan & wolverine force would die pretty quickly, as would any force without AA.

yea, but i also find that just sending PACs to do all the work can sometimes get a little boring, like im sure many ppl do, i use devastators for mid to late game scouting as well as a strike force if u have enough of em, im thinking about...no less than 8, then mix in a couple PACs for stealth detection & to mix up the attacks, plus the ion storm...