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Originally Posted by kalos72
I am not familiar with the support needed for these modern aircraft but...with 2300 people...supporting 23 aircraft...that seems like this UK asset is very valuable if your thought on skilled mechanics and techs is correct.
Can these aircraft be moved by a cargo ship?
In the years to come, do you think armies will stay trying to keep these modern aircraft running or try to run into a Morrow type process of re-manufacturing some of the older piston driven aircraft?
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1. Let not forgot is take about 7-10 persons if not more to maintain an aircraft, plus with squadrons you still need armorers for weapons, fueling personnel, and support staff for food, supply, weather, intel ect. Also I can also see Pilots and Ground Crew assigned to security shift when not on ops, why because no base is 100% secure in TW
I could also see certain personnel being loaned out to other units if nothing pressing was happened. I.E. Airforce Techs are loaned to the army to work on repair a long range communications site
2. Anything can be loaded into cargo ship provided it's small enough to fit into the hold. Wing can come off and engines and other components can we removed, but you have skilled personnel with the tools to break it down and load it. Do you have them on the other end to put the aircraft back together?
3. Weather you have piston or jet aircraft, you have the same problem, where's the Fuel. Not to mention changing to new aircraft means training pilots and ground crew, I think it comes down to resources, the USAF might wait for more AVGAS or JP-8 to come in.