My launch doesn't get up there and I don't hit it that often either. Cool feature when you do get it though.

From what I believe, it's supposed to be hit from the upper left flipper, although it is a very tough shot to reliably make. It should definitely not be from the lower left launcher, as if that made it up and around, you'd keep ending up with the ball in the same place.

The shot can only be hit reliably from the upper left flipper. I've had it make it there on very rare occasion on a lucky bounce. It's not generally something I shoot for intentionally, so I may hit that shot once in every 3-5 games.

I may be totally wrong, but I think the left lane solenoid can fire at two different strenghths - one for Air Raid, and one for when the ball happens to make it into the lane otherwise.

When I had JD, I'd make it frequntly. It was usually a banked shot though. The air raid mode thing is pointless, bad code and the left auto plunge is always weak. That game left my collection the fastest. Wasn't horrible, but not for me.

Certainly a hard shot, but certainly satisfying.

A little like the Gem shot in Tron. Seems like I usually get it once a game but I rebuilt my flippers. Made a huge difference for me.

From the rule sheet I found here: http://www.pinball.org/rules/judgedredd.html

Air Raid
Ramp to the right of the Sniper Tower. It faces the upper left flipper, but it's a hard shot. There is a light at the base, but it seems to always be lit. It feeds the ball into the kickback/plunger lane. The drop targets will reset, and each one will be lit in turn. You have to hit the left Fire button to fire the ball so that it hits the lit target - I.e: Terminator 2 skill shot. (The ramp actually stops before the lane, and the speed of the ball makes it land in the right spot; however a ball that's going slowly (which only happens when it pops up there from the drop targets) can be fed to the outlane instead. NOT a good design.)