Keep in mind if you are playing the orginal game (and not 2013) that MilGov still has refineries working in Oklahoma and Illinois - and even the Robinson faciilty at 1 percent of capacity could still make a decent amount of avgas.
So aircraft in the US being operational is definitely still feasible and not just for last gasp operations. As "A River Runs Through It" stated there are still flights going to and from New England being staged thru the NJ airfields that MilGov controls - they are rare but they are being done - and they have enough gas to operate some aircraft on a limited basis
the real issue may be getting the fuel to where the planes are - i.e. if you have all your SAC assets sitting in Colorado and your refineries are in OK and IL then its not going to be easy to get them fueled up
the reality is that most avgas that will be used will be for transport flights except in places where you may need to fuel up attack planes - which in the US would be on the Oklahoma and California fronts against the Mexicans and Soviets and against New American forces in the Ozarks and Florida
thats why I never saw the Ozarks module as very realistic as to the air threat against MilGov units - not with the Robinson refinery as close as it is - wouldnt take long to make enough avgas to put a couple of planes in the air - and even an old P-51 would make short work of any ultralights and dirigibles
Let alone the fact that the 197th probably still has operational Stingers - they never went overseas and never face enemy air - and even one of them would blow the guts out of a dirigible
CivGov units on the other hand would be SOL - as far as I can see they dont control any working refineries
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