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Originally Posted by Rainbow Six
I'm one of those who thinks there would still be a very small number of surviving aircraft dotted around here and there in Europe, dependent on how many bases survived. As a main logistics hub Ramstein strikes me as being a likely target for a tactical nuke (if it wasn't already plastered to the point of being unuseable by conventional attacks).
The bases in Spain and Italy are confirmed as closed in Med Cruise, so their aircraft would have to go elsewhere - presumably either the UK or the FRG. Presumably the same for Greece and Belgium.
3rd Air Force is probably one of the areas of my piece that I'll revisit at some point (or as Leg put it, tinker with  )) as I think it could probably be improved (or at least give a fuller backstory as to what Wings / Squadrons are there, how they got there, and what happened to the ones that aren't there - I'm fairly sure that all of the UK based A10 Squadrons would have deployed to the FRG for example and I think I've brushed over the Bentwaters Aggressor Squadron). |
I think a "slightly operational" USAF consisting of a tiny handful of aircraft isn't entirely unfeasible depending on how you want to do your campaign. As things wore on post-1997, of course, vital stuff is going to quit flowing in, resupply isn't going to happen for critical parts and you're going to get down to either flying birds with major, major upgripes or switching to simpler stuff (OV-10Ds for interdiction, maybe a couple fitted out with Sidewinders for anti-air).
Actually the idea of a USAF wing rebuilt around the remaining Broncos is kinda neat.