[jester]

The craft are not the issue, but the issue is the support structure for strike aircraft, or a large fleet of any size.

ALTHOUGH!

An aviaton museum could be the perfect front for such an operation, just keep the aircraft involved to be older planes.

Instead of a AC131 Spectre, have a DC-3 Puff the Magic Dragon

Have a couple F-4 Phantoms, a P51 or two and some FU Corsairs. Or even a F105 Thunderbolt.

There are many air museums that keep several of their vintage planes in flying condition. And they had spares which is a plus. I can see a force moving in taking over and poof! Instant Air Force. Of course where do they get the fuel for them? Pilots, Aircraft mechanics and even systems can be had or found. Old engines can be replaced with more modern engines with some fabrication, but the fuel to keep them in the air, hydraulic fluid, oil and similiar consumables is the problem that I see, however!

Those can also be raided from other planes at the airport, as well as the onsite mechanics shop and the hangars where private piliots restore and repair their own craft. But even these items will run out.

And then we also have the issue of ordinance?

Machineguns could be found and aquired. Ammo for say a .50 or a .30 caliber can be had or made. But the more advanced ordinance, could become an issue, as well as rockets, and anything other than homemade dumbbombs, or even retarded bombs. There is napalm, but would you use the fuel for that? Or would you use it to fly your planes? Then again they have those fuel air bombs which could be useful.

A cool thought for sure.