Thread: Create an Air Force

my wish list assumes that there won't be enough money in the pot to build 4 large (80,000 ton) aircraft carriers.

20 B2
140 F-22
160 F-15E
160 Harrier (AMRAAM compatable) GR9 for RN and JHF
60 AH-64

40 Global Hawk
20 E3 AWACS
20 Nimrod

60 C-130J
40 AN-124
80 Tankers
80 Chinook
120 Merlin

the main emphasis being on strike/ground attack, strategic reconaisance and airlift capability.

Originally Posted by Franco Lolan

why is C5 not being produced any longer?

Volga-Dnepr, a company, which was carrying US troops to Iraq on An-124, told me that C-5 Galaxy is too costly in operation and very inefficient as a transport aircraft despite its size..... that is why US Army hired Russian and Ukrainian airlines to transport their troops with Russian/Ukrainian An-124......

ecomomics matter in recent times.....

Originally Posted by Cjwinnit

Touché, but you are 34 over

They are attrition replacements..

My dream air force is:

Primary Strike Aircrafts

250 F-35
250 Pak-fa
250 Su-30Mki

Secondary

100 Mirage-2000\05
100 F-16 Block-50
100 Mig-29
200 Lca

40 Tu-160
150 MCA

100 Mi-35
100 LCH
100 Ka-50\52
25 Lah

30 Mi-26
125 Mi-17
50 ALH
40 Chinook
60 other transport helicopters ( if any one want to suggest)

7 Falcon + 15 (Indian built Awacs after 7 years)
30 Il-78 refuelers

20 Mig-25
25 P-3c Orion
30 Tu-22 Backfire

100 Predator
100 Global Hawk
100 Heron
100 Nishant\Lakshya



So my air force would be World's best Air Force.( My Air Force would be in accordance with IAF.)

hello im new to this and it seems 2 yrs late. anyway so. . .


1500 FA22
750 F35
250 f117
250 B2
250 b1
750 FA18ef
750 f35c
1000 f14d
400 kc135
50 e767
25 e3
500 rah66
75 pavelow
25 e2

who needs f15, fi6, f4

Hm, since I'm new, too: lets resurrect this thread.
I try to stick to the original 1000 airframes limit.
180 F-23
180 X-47C Pegasus UCAV
180 Mirage-2000-9
60 A-330 MRTT
60 A-400M
20 C-17
5 Wedgetail
15 P-8A
60 Mi-28N
180 EH-101

hmm lets see

200 f22-raptors
200 su30MKI
200 mig-29
100 b52
100 assorted planes for diff things like recce,awacs,anti-sub etc
100 bombers like tu-22 backfire,tu-160,b2 etc
50 f-177a
45 jaguars
5- star trek cruisers

Originally Posted by Aurel

Hm, since I'm new, too: lets resurrect this thread.
I try to stick to the original 1000 airframes limit.
180 F-23
180 X-47C Pegasus UCAV
180 Mirage-2000-9
60 A-330 MRTT
60 A-400M
20 C-17
5 Wedgetail
15 P-8A
60 Mi-28N
180 EH-101

Hello Aurel,

As one of the previous replies says you really cant have only a puny 1000 aircraft.
That wouldn't do much really.



To prove my point here is what Captain C said

"If all you get is 1000 aircraft you are a third rate airforce IMHO. To be truly world dominating and entirely capable of devastation on a massive basis I would like the following:
Airforce:

200 B-2 Bombers for strategic attacks
1500 B-52 bombers for carpet bombing cities and some strategic attacks.

3000 F/A-22A's These will provide for air superiority, escort duty for the big boys and ground forces support, as in strikes. You will update these craft with USN type electronics so each aircraft is capable of 'Wild Weasel" duties.

700 hundred tankers to refuel all those birds.

3000 A-10 Warthogs Anti Armor/Ground support

You may think that is a lot of aircraft but you also have to think of wear and tear for a full war and the losses incurred due to parts failure and enemy fire. Also, the F/A-22 will be performing duties of the F-117A, F-15, F-15E, F-16 (All versions and mission variations) and we have a large number of those aircraft types. Why use second class aircraft when you can choose the best. To carpet/fire bomb a city effectively, you need large numbers of aircraft, those aircraft need escorts.

Navy

1200 F-14D/F-21 (New build only!)

These aircraft will perform all Ground Attack/Strike duties performed by the A-6 and all F-18 variations. They will also be used for long range CAP/Interdiction duties. The number may seem high, but again you need spares for wear and tear for a full war and the losses incurred due to parts failure and enemy fire. These aircraft can be supplemented with F-18E/F once they are up to speed with new (much) higher powered engines. Until then no SH!!!!!!

You might also want to make an F-14 tanker version to keep your parts commonality as large as possible. With the Tanker version you add another 150 aircraft on top of what is listed.

Bottom Line

With this combination Airforce/Naval Air combat force you could pretty much take on the world and devastate it in a couple of years. I don't mean knock out things, I mean WWII levels of Devastation as in Japanese cities that were firebombed and leveled. You would of course need a ground force of equally large proportions (25-30 Divisions) to conquer those who don't surrender outright during the early bombing phase....... I am of course talking about taking on the EU, Russians and Red Chinese at the same time, along with kicking a little Arab booty while we are at it.......

:S :ph34r

So do you think I have enough to win WWIII?
. "

By the way, what's a Wedgetail?

Hi Indianguy4u.
Are you new too?
If you are, well I'm also from India, from Delhi.
And according to you the IAF should have such a little amount of aircraft.
If they were to have so little aircraft what would happen?