In the scenario I'm imagining, the assault would launch from Mexican airfields and would kick off a day or two after the ground invasion. This way attention would be focused on the fighting along the border, while the Mexican aircraft flew into the US on separate routes converging on Colorado Springs.
Mexico has 12 C-130s, but if we assume that they had a military build up prior to the start of the Twilight War they could have up wards of 48 Hercules. Let us say that the invasion was launched using half these numbers after stockpiling fuel for several months. This gives them the ability to drop 1,536 paratroopers, which could be raised a bit by making use of a few Soviet or Cuban transports brought in from Cuba. This gives the airborne attack about battalion strength.
That's not too bad for a surprise attack aimed at causing alarm and chaos behind American lines. Other single plane attacks could drop platoon strength attacks at other strategic targets within 1,000 miles of a Mexican airfield.
Benjamin
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