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Originally Posted by kalos72
OK, I get the logical point, but there is no canonical reference to Air Force units being pulled from bases or trainer aircraft being used in combat.
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That is kind of a bogus argument IMHO. There is next to nothing in cannon that mention that there is an air force for any nation.
By the time the game starts in summer 2000, there has not been enough aircraft flying to be called an air force for a while. So they don't bother discussing it.
Don't mistake that for "the air force has left everything in place."
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Originally Posted by kalos72
But what units would typical stay behind when its planes get deployed. Think of Iraq...what units would stay behind?
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I think you get a number of base care and feeding people, who become wasted mouths unless you turn them into units that you need.
Aircraft mechanics without aircraft are pointless - but men under military discipline with basic weapons training are called green infantrymen. This is probably one of the sources of the reinforcements or 'rebuilding the division' that are mentioned in cannon.
Do recall that in V2, army troops that have no other qualification have the career "Support," but that does not stop them from being PC carrying a rifle in the game.
Uncle Ted