The newest Desert Combat alpha for Battlefield 1942 has been released, offering plenty of new/improved vehicles and weapons. You can find the 147mb file mirrored on FileShack. Here are some of the new units included with this release

US Land - M-109 Mobile Artillery Air - A-10 Thunderbolt II Bomber - UH-60 Blackhawk Transport Helicopter - AV8b Harrier - AC-130 Gunship IRAQ Land - M-1974 Amphibious Artillery - SCUD Launcher - Stationary ZPU anitaircraft machine gun Air - SU-25 Ground Attack Plane - M124d Hind attack Helicopter