Your Nation's Air Force Mark II:

[Expansionist Greater Serbia]

lol m9, we have 59 million soldiers and counting. Also we have a territory that is LITERALLY ALL of two continets.
As Christ the Redeemer would say.

Oh hello Eritrea.

Wot?

[Allanea]

59 million soldiers?

Let's just say I'm a 2003 nation and I RP broadly to stat.

NSStats are inaccurate, I can do whatever I want

Then you should have no problem with me claiming that 1% of my population are in the armed force, I trust?

[Austria-Bohemia-Hungary]

Oh hello Eritrea.

Wot?

Or alternatively, the last time numberwanking was tried irl. I'm going to need more ammunition.

[Expansionist Greater Serbia]

Wot?

Or alternatively, the last time numberwanking was tried irl. I'm going to need more ammunition.

Oh yeah, high tech advancement plus territory of both ALL STATES of Europe and Africa... compulsory military service,
A large A.F. population... yet you cry "NUMBERWAAAANK", omfg.

[United Earthlings]

The Kfir is a match for the MiG-29 right?

Who initiated the engagement I.E>shot first? Is said engagement BVR or WVR? Who has the better trained pilots? Are the other pilots as it applies to both aircraft aware of the performance capabilities of their counterpart’s fighter? What's the match-up like, 2vs2, 1vs2, etc...? and last, but certainly not least-what's the weather conditions like?

Alright, I want to stir the F-15 pot.

I'm trying to plan out my RL popcap puppet's airforce and fleet air arm. Which means I'm legacy planning.

Now, the nation in question is a small North Atlantic island (Or peninsula with a friendly land border, undecided) which mostly takes part in multinational operations with larger allied nations, and takes sea control/shipping lane protection as most important. So to this it has a lot of territory to cover, and sometimes needs to bomb third world countries. Looking at very rough dates, just to show generational progression.

You can have an air force without an F-15 in service and be just fine.

While my nation isn't a small island nation nor has a land border with any other nations, it is an island nation and the last two things you stated do apply to it. So for a basic comparison here's the route I went.

A Commonwealth History of Fighters, Interceptors and Fighter-Bombers

Where possible, I tried to use British Aircraft or later European adding American designs I liked in here and there.

Edit: That history is version 2.0, made a few changes to 3.0 for example eliminated the Tornado since I already had the F-111 in service.

[Austria-Bohemia-Hungary]

Or alternatively, the last time numberwanking was tried irl. I'm going to need more ammunition.

Oh yeah, high tech advancement plus territory of both ALL STATES of Europe and Africa... compulsory military service,
A large A.F. population... yet you cry "NUMBERWAAAANK", omfg.

>59 million troops
>high tech
>respectable even
Try again m8.

[Expansionist Greater Serbia]

Oh yeah, high tech advancement plus territory of both ALL STATES of Europe and Africa... compulsory military service,
A large A.F. population... yet you cry "NUMBERWAAAANK", omfg.

>59 million troops
>high tech
>respectable even
Try again m8.

Umm.. wot? Fuck yourself.
Not Hi-MILITARY tech, but just HIGH-SCIENCETHATISNOTUSEDFORTHEARMYKINDA-TECH

[Allanea]

What?

Explain, please.

[Husseinarti]

OFF THE SHELF TECHNOLGOY

LIKE GREATEST SPAAG EVER SERGEANT YORK

[Rhodesialund]

OFF THE SHELF TECHNOLGOY

LIKE GREATEST SPAAG EVER SERGEANT YORK

[The Corparation]

Or alternatively, the last time numberwanking was tried irl. I'm going to need more ammunition.

Oh yeah, high tech advancement plus territory of both ALL STATES of Europe and Africa... compulsory military service,
A large A.F. population... yet you cry "NUMBERWAAAANK", omfg.

I don't think you understand what numberwank means.

[Allanea]

It's not even that large, really.

[Minroz]

I've already figured what numberwanking is by time I saw that word. -_-

Not I'm any better myself tho'.

Getting back to topic, how many fighter aircrafts in one squadron should be for best numbers? I'm thinking 12 at the moment.

[Rhodesialund]

I've already figured what numberwanking is by time I saw that word. -_-

Not I'm any better myself tho'.

Getting back to topic, how many fighter aircrafts in one squadron should be for best numbers? I'm thinking 12 at the moment.

12-24 aircraft in a squadron. Sometimes dived into three or four flights.

[-Aztlan-]

OFF THE SHELF TECHNOLGOY

LIKE GREATEST SPAAG EVER SERGEANT YORK

[Kassaran]

I've already figured what numberwanking is by time I saw that word. -_-

Not I'm any better myself tho'.

Getting back to topic, how many fighter aircrafts in one squadron should be for best numbers? I'm thinking 12 at the moment.

12-24 aircraft in a squadron. Sometimes dived into three or four flights.

I run with twenty to a squadron and five per flight. for reserves I keep active for field conditions two reserve pilots and four reserve craft. I only ever mobilize two-to-three for operations in combat. Single flight combat is only for patrolling and full-squadron combat would be for scramble-calls.

[New Korongo]

Getting back to topic, how many fighter aircrafts in one squadron should be for best numbers? I'm thinking 12 at the moment.

12 is a reasonable number of aircraft for a fighter squadron, as far as I am aware. However, with that said, I think that most air forces which utilise 12 aircraft fighter squadrons do so for two specific reasons. They are either too small or too economically disadvantaged to support larger squadrons, or they expect multiple squadrons to support each other directly in combat as a larger wing/group/regiment. As your air force appears to operate stealth fighters, I would imagine that it falls into the latter group. If you want your squadrons to be largely independent, then consider larger squadrons composed of between 18 and 24 aircraft.

[Triplebaconation]

The larger squadron will be more dependent on the wing.

[Paragania]

spess feighter, with impossible engines or something



Old version.

[Rhodesialund]

spess feighter, with impossible engines or something

(Image)

Old version.

Shouldn't this be in the Warships section, since it is Navy?

[Free Asian Ports]

So I'm considering procuring the F-35 for my nation's air force as a replacement for the F-16, but I'm concerned about the price and lack of a two-seat variant. The former is a problem that's difficult to get around, but the latter is slightly more important. I know there are concept images and the like depicting an "F-35D" that has a second seat, but I want to know the feasibility of such a variant.

[Crookfur]

So I'm considering procuring the F-35 for my nation's air force as a replacement for the F-16, but I'm concerned about the price and lack of a two-seat variant. The former is a problem that's difficult to get around, but the latter is slightly more important. I know there are concept images and the like depicting an "F-35D" that has a second seat, but I want to know the feasibility of such a variant.

Why do you need a second seat? The f-35 is so digital that you could probably fully type convert in simulators .

[Rhodesialund]

So I'm considering procuring the F-35 for my nation's air force as a replacement for the F-16, but I'm concerned about the price and lack of a two-seat variant. The former is a problem that's difficult to get around, but the latter is slightly more important. I know there are concept images and the like depicting an "F-35D" that has a second seat, but I want to know the feasibility of such a variant.

Why do you need a second seat? The f-35 is so digital that you could probably fully type convert in simulators .

You are splitting the workload, plus I doubt a two seater F-35 will ever happen. The F/A-XX or F-X will instead have two seater variations.

[Taihei Tengoku]

The second seat on the F-35 is the computer.

[Gallan Systems]

Why do you need a second seat? The f-35 is so digital that you could probably fully type convert in simulators .

You are splitting the workload, plus I doubt a two seater F-35 will ever happen. The F/A-XX or F-X will instead have two seater variations.

Twin seat aircraft are dead outside of long range, manned bombers like B-2.