Medal of Honor: Airborne (2007) is a classic first-person shooter that brought vertical gameplay to the WWII genre. However, many players who purchased the game from Russian digital retailers (like 1C or older Russian DVD releases) or received it in a bundle often find themselves stuck with the Russian language—complete with Cyrillic text and Russian voiceovers.
If you are struggling to understand the mission briefings or simply want the authentic English experience, do not worry. Unlike modern games that have a simple dropdown menu, Airborne requires a few manual tweaks. Below are four proven methods to switch the language from Russian to English.
Sometimes, the text will change to English, but the voice acting remains in Russian. This happens when the English audio files were never included in your installation to save space (common in "Repak" versions).
To fix missing audio:
If the menus are in English but the character voices, radio chatter, and German soldiers are still speaking Russian, you need to swap the sound files. Medal of Honor: Airborne (2007) is a classic
Step 1: Find your game installation folder. Typical paths:
Step 2: Navigate to the UnrealEngine3\MOHAGame\CookedPC folder.
Step 3: Look for files with RUS in their name (e.g., MOHASound_RUS.upk or Dialog_RUS.pcc).
Step 4: Back up these files – copy them to a separate folder on your desktop in case something goes wrong. If the menus are in English but the
Step 5: Look for the English versions. They are usually named MOHASound_EN.upk or Dialog_EN.pcc. If they do not exist, you have two options:
Step 6: After replacing the files, launch the game. All audio should now be in English.
The most common case. Steam versions of older games often default to your system’s or Steam’s language setting, but you can override it.
Method A: Change Steam game properties (recommended) but you can force English.
If that doesn’t work (Russian persists):
GOG versions are usually multi-language and follow system locale, but you can force English.
If using offline installer:
Re-run the installer and look for a language selection step before installation — choose English.