is it me or the AI in Galactic War always start with Air tech

i noticed that in all my Galactic war games the AI seems to have air tech, even on the first battle.

it is fine at first but later becomes annoying, especially that most of the time, i don't have basic air tech.

the 3 different factions favor different styles, one goes air (probably what you have been running into) another tanks, and the third, bots. Avoid the tank guys, they are the strongest

The GW AI doesn't have tech restrictions.

really!, How?!

AI loves air in normal matches as well.

That's just the way it's currently coded. The AI always has access to all technologies; only the player is restricted.

Yes, the enemy AI always has air tech. It is possible they have no tech restrictions. That should also mean they have no buffs either.
In turn your support commanders are tied to your tech, but they also benefit from all buffs you have (making late SupCom potentialyl very strong).

This is propably simply because the AI is best when it has air tech. You can say it is almost a requirement to have air for any AI.
Air Factory will be 1st or secodn factory. The AI uses near exclusively air fabbers. The SupCom usually behaves terribly without Air tech.

In a mod im making, they do just fine without air units, but really prefer to use them.

I like totally nuked air, removed it from the game, and the AI just does everything ground or water based, it's lovely.

There are some reports it jsut get's stuck with lacking vehicles (only bot+air). Never tried that myself, I just prefer Vehicles too much.

And my data was gathered by comparing the performance of SupCommanders against Ai commanders in GW. Even with Efficiency tech upgrades the lack of Air really hit thier abilities to counter the AI with air.