Losing Air Dominance

[MKopack]

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Mike

[Guest OldAssGRunt]

Taken from AFA Magazine April 2008

"Where does the figure 381 come from? Is it justifiable?

The Air Force has determined that each AEF requires at least one F-22 squadron for air superiority, interdiction in high threat areas, and so forth.

The standard squadron contains 24 combat-coded fighters. The F-22’s Operational Requirements Document validated that metric. The ORD was signed by the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Do the math: 10 squadrons times 24 aircraft equals 240 fighters."

The Air Force has analytic formulas for determining the answer. Here they are:

•For training, 25 percent of the combat-coded force, or 60 more fighters.

•For test purposes, five percent of the total of combat-coded and training aircraft, or 15 more fighters.

•For backup inventory, 10 percent of the combat-coded, training, and test aircraft, or 32 more fighters.

•For attrition reserve, 10 percent of everything above, or 34 more fighters.

Those four categories, taken together, generate an additional requirement for 141 F-22s. Add up those fighters and the combat-coded ones and you come to—voila—381 fighters."

Best post ever! #'s and facts without any

[Guest CAVEMAN]

This is the math your lawmakers are looking at:

•10 Squadrons with 10 aircrafts a piece = 100

•For training, 25 percent of the combat-coded force, or 40 more fighters.

•For test purposes, five percent of the total of combat-coded and training aircraft, or 10 more fighters.

•For backup inventory, 10 percent of the combat-coded, training, and test aircraft, or 10 more fighters.

•For attrition reserve, 10 percent of everything above, or 23 more fighters.

Those four categories, taken together, generate a requirement for 83 F-22s. Add up those fighters and the combat-coded ones and you come to—voila—183 fighters.

[Guest soflguy]

Has anyone read this link from a former C model guy?

Was slightly verbose, but I thought it was quite well written about America losing air superiority.

[Stuck]

Really?

http://www.military.com/news/article/April...C=airforce-a.nl

- Stuck