rustysi
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ORIGINAL: jmalter In addition to the 'too many CVs in one TF' prob, co-ordination can be adversely affected by altitude settings, & dividing CV fighter groups among both Escort & CAP missions can cause tactical probs. - In any fighter group, the 'unassigned' %age is available for strike escort. Regardless of the group's altitude setting, the escorting fighters will accompany the strike aircraft at a top-cover altitude 2k' above the assigned strike-group altitude. Setting the escort fighters to a different altitude will result in co-ordination probs. - Setting any 1 fighter group to a mixed mission (say, 30% CAP, 30% Rest, & 40% unassigned (available for escort) is a prob, b/c the group must be given a range to match the strikers, yet the CAP folks will share that range & possibly be out of interception range to protect their CVs. Far better to divide the available fighter groups among missions - assigning some to escort + Rest (at the correct alt & range), and others to CAP + Rest (at the preferred alt & range=0). This will give best results for each mission, & make it easier to deal w/ group Fatigue. If a CAP group was unengaged, it'll be available w/ minimal Fatigue for strike escort the following day, while the previous day's strike escorts can be set to CAP + Rest for the following day at range=0, giving them a chance to reduce their Fatigue. Now this sounds very interesting, I'll have to try it.
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