Air Power

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I have noticed that in almost all the OOB for WWII that the squadron was the main battle unit. Hearts of Iron air formations are in the line of 80 to 100 aircraft. The Squadron was from 20 to 30 aircraft. The average U.S. fighter unit was the squadron of 30 aircraft. And that was the Army Air Corps or the Navy VF. The German equivalent was I./JG n which ran at the beginning of the war arround 35 to 40 aircraft. In addition these units would be shared among the various air armies (Luftflotte and Flieger-Divisions).

In all the time I was in the Air Force, the squadron of 20 aircraft led by a Lt. Colonel was the main unit. I was in the 465th Bomb Squadron and we had an additional KC-135 squadron base with us. Together we made up the 781st Bomb Wing which was part of the 8th Air Force (SAC).

Can you modify the air part of this to show equivalancies, such as, 2. Flieger-Division which consisted of I./KG 4, II./KG 4, III./KG 4, I./KG 76, III./KG 76, I./KG 77, II./KG 77, and III./KG 77

 

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Actually Squads were only 10 aircraft

I wasnt in the big war but when working on F14s we only had about 12 aircraft and if 10 were up/up then we were considered 100% operational. A squdren is too small even for a brigade attachment in the game. However, and AIR WING of about 50 aircraft on carriers and possibly less as a special attachment is certainly historically close. I was thinking maybe a birgade airwing attachment to bombers and ground units for air protection.
Is anyone as mad as I am that I can't provide air cover to my ships in port, or that air divisions dont automatically retreat.
You should have to defeat a air division in order to just fly over their territory.

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I have noticed that in almost all the OOB for WWII that the squadron was the main battle unit. Hearts of Iron air formations are in the line of 80 to 100 aircraft. The Squadron was from 20 to 30 aircraft. The average U.S. fighter unit was the squadron of 30 aircraft. And that was the Army Air Corps or the Navy VF. The German equivalent was I./JG n which ran at the beginning of the war arround 35 to 40 aircraft. In addition these units would be shared among the various air armies (Luftflotte and Flieger-Divisions).

In all the time I was in the Air Force, the squadron of 20 aircraft led by a Lt. Colonel was the main unit. I was in the 465th Bomb Squadron and we had an additional KC-135 squadron base with us. Together we made up the 781st Bomb Wing which was part of the 8th Air Force (SAC).

Can you modify the air part of this to show equivalancies, such as, 2. Flieger-Division which consisted of I./KG 4, II./KG 4, III./KG 4, I./KG 76, III./KG 76, I./KG 77, II./KG 77, and III./KG 77

 

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You shouldn't have to defeat an airwing just to get through the territory. Look at the allied bobmer camapign over Germany. Allied bobmers flew on and on, depsite repeated attacks by German fighters, they never stopped. Except for thos gunned down...

But I heartily agree that you cannopt guard specific objectives like ports more closely. And forget about logistical strieks to dry out enemy armies in a certain province, the changes that the bobmers will target the right province are smallish.