Dark Side TB Findings & Guidance: AB & Strafe Impact

I stumbled upon the same thing once I started trying to stack up uber-teams rather than spread myself too thin between the various missions. As long as the Rebels don't resist the effects (which they seemed to do in the first few phases quite easily) then you're good to go.
But I think it also highlights just how poorly tuned the special abilities are, and airstrike in particular. I remember reading the enemy abilities in Details before the TB started and thinking, "I've got a bad feeling about this..."