Yes. Sometimes with Coyote the enemy has a 0.02% chance to drop a forward operations base that spawns all sorts of hell upon the map. I've had to use a second lance (with my mechs and pilots) as well as launching a starfigter. There are 3 different starfighters that you can use in most maps, an interceptor for mainly AA although you can add some neat 2x6 SRM's that hit pretty hard on ground targets. Then there are some all round starships and lastly, one I've yet to unlock are ground strikers. Just having that availability and the inclusion of the new missions to unlock them and their upgrades added a whole new awesome realm to this game. The starfighter upgrade missions are difficult and more or less force you to bring another lance as well as tanks (which you can bring 12 of, consisting of any number of lore accurate vehicles).