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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/17/2015 9:03:54 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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FAM: Landing at Townsville? That sounds bad. <swirls bourbon around in glass>

Intel guy: It is, sir. The idea of an evacuation of the Australian government arose.

FAM: Evacuation? Hell NO! How would that look if the King just bugs out? Where does he stay, by the way?

Intel guy: The King of England, sir?

FAM: No, the King of Australia. Try to stay with the conversation, son.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/17/2015 9:05:15 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/17/2015 9:15:18 PM   
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One month of fighting and they are picking of Australian cities like sitting ducks.


Cairns: Fell to ground attack. Hardly a surprise as we had no AV there.

Townsville: Landing at Townsville with the equivalent of about 2 regiments of infantry. We have an Australian reserve brigade not yet at full strength and some US and Aussie support units. Level 1 forts. Theoretically we have way more AV points but the reality is the brigade is green and understrength. We need to get the planes and ships out of there. One CA and one DD and essentially undamaged and have full main gun ammo and fuel. They will ahve to go first and try to break out toward Horn Island as Jap carriers are parked off the barrier reef about 250 miles NE of Brisbane. It looks like another amphibious group headed SE along the reef perhaps bound for Rockhampton or Bundaberg or evern Brisbane.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/17/2015 10:02:40 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/17/2015 10:49:43 PM   
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I found my lost set of keys but the carriers are still missing.

Try clicking the remote to flash the carriers' parking lights.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/19/2015 6:37:49 PM   
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FAM: Landing at Townsville? That sounds bad. <swirls bourbon around in glass>

Intel guy: It is, sir. The idea of an evacuation of the Australian government arose.

FAM: Evacuation? Hell NO! How would that look if the King just bugs out? Where does he stay, by the way?

Intel guy: The King of England, sir?

FAM: No, the King of Australia. Try to stay with the conversation, son.


Its the same person, no? Or are we talking about MacArthur?

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 9:32:26 AM   
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/9373273/Rightful-king-of-England-dies-in-Australia.html

But I'm sure they don't mind as long as we keep the focus on Australia and not Bangladesh, sorry, India

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 1:59:18 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

I found my lost set of keys but the carriers are still missing.

Try clicking the remote to flash the carriers' parking lights.



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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 6:12:58 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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***********January 8, 1942(e)**********

More ass kicking.


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 6:14:43 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Townsville: More Japs coming ashore. The CD guns get a few licks in.

nvasion Support action off Townsville (92,144) - Coastal Guns Fire Back!
Defensive Guns engage approaching landing force

68 Coastal gun shots fired in defense.

Japanese Ships
AMC Saigon Maru
AMC Awata Maru
xAK Sinsei Maru
xAK Nissan Maru, Shell hits 2, on fire, heavy damage

Japanese ground losses:
72 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 6 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Allied ground losses:
121 casualties reported
Squads: 0 destroyed, 4 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 7 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 6:18:42 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		The ships (mostly damaged) try to break out to Horn Island. This actually works.

Minneapolis, only lightly damaged finds a juicy target but the WJD's escape?

Night Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 92,143, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hakaze
xAP Argentina Maru, Shell hits 2

Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis, Shell hits 1
DD Ralph Talbot

An inbound bombardment DD force has no interest in fighting.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 92,142, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yugure
DD Ariake
DD Yayoi
DD Kikuzuki
DD Mochizuki
DD Yuzuki
DD Oite
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis
DD Ralph Talbot

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 6:19:58 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Leander, with moderate damage, is trying to break out behind Minneapolis.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Palm Island at 92,143, Range 10,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Yugure
DD Ariake, Shell hits 1
DD Yayoi
DD Kikuzuki
DD Mochizuki
DD Yuzuki
DD Oite
DD Yunagi

Allied Ships
CL Leander, Shell hits 1

Argentina Maru lucks out twice in one night.

Night Time Surface Combat, near Cairns at 93,140, Range 12,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Hakaze
xAP Argentina Maru

Allied Ships
CA Minneapolis
DD Ralph Talbot

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 6:32:50 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Night Time Surface Combat, near Townsville at 92,144, Range 11,000 Yards

Japanese Ships
DD Michishio
DD Asagumo, Shell hits 1
DD Shiratsuyu
DD Shigure, Shell hits 1, on fire
DD Harusame, Shell hits 1
DD Yudachi

Allied Ships
CA New Orleans, Shell hits 2
CA San Francisco, Shell hits 4, heavy damage
DD Jarvis, Shell hits 7, Torpedo hits 1, and is sunk

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 6:35:44 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Ground combat at Townsville (92,144)

Japanese Deliberate attack

Attacking force 15038 troops, 117 guns, 41 vehicles, Assault Value = 456

Defending force 6388 troops, 87 guns, 48 vehicles, Assault Value = 114

Japanese adjusted assault: 188

Allied adjusted defense: 40

Japanese assault odds: 4 to 1 (fort level 1)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Townsville !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: disruption(-), preparation(-), experience(-)
Attacker:

Japanese ground losses:
207 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 23 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 1 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 2 disabled

Allied ground losses:
3109 casualties reported
Squads: 50 destroyed, 34 disabled
Non Combat: 74 destroyed, 18 disabled
Engineers: 42 destroyed, 3 disabled
Guns lost 52 (35 destroyed, 17 disabled)
Vehicles lost 30 (29 destroyed, 1 disabled)
Units retreated 4
Units destroyed 3

Defeated Allied Units Retreating!

Assaulting units:
4th Infantry Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment
2nd Recon Regiment
2nd Engineer Regiment
24th Infantry Regiment
2nd Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
11th Australian Brigade
Townsville Fortress
14th RAAF Base Sqdn
Bowen RAN Stn Base Force
1st Port Maint Engineer Battalion
Townsville RAN Base Force
B'daberg RAN Stn Base Force

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 6:41:41 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Louisville (also damaged) made a run for Sydney but the WJD carriers have sprinted south of Brisbane during the night.
I knew this was a risk but Brisbane isn't really safe either.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Sydney at 90,167

Weather in hex: Clear sky

Raid detected at 30 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
D3A1 Val x 9

Allied aircraft
P-40E Warhawk x 4

Japanese aircraft losses
D3A1 Val: 3 damaged

Allied aircraft losses
P-40E Warhawk: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CA Louisville, Bomb hits 1

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 6:44:15 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Pensacola tries to make Brisbane from Bundaberg. Some AKL's are driving around to attract bombers...but Pensacola attracts the most and is sunk.
We at least manage to shoot down some carrier planes.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Brisbane at 96,160

Weather in hex: Partial cloud

Raid spotted at 26 NM, estimated altitude 2,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 10 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N2 Kate x 22
D3A1 Val x 13

Allied aircraft
P-39D Airacobra x 28
P-40E Warhawk x 3

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 5 destroyed
B5N2 Kate: 1 destroyed
D3A1 Val: 2 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
P-39D Airacobra: 1 destroyed

Allied Ships
CA Pensacola, Bomb hits 11, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAP Elcano, Bomb hits 1, and is sunk
xAKL Nevadan, Bomb hits 6, and is sunk
xAKL Prusa, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk
xAKL Bidelia, Bomb hits 3, and is sunk

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 6:46:15 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Achilles (damaged) is also trying to make Sydney. Bah.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Newcastle at 94,166

Weather in hex: Moderate rain

Raid detected at 39 NM, estimated altitude 12,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 14 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 11
B5N2 Kate x 27
D3A1 Val x 26

Japanese aircraft losses
B5N2 Kate: 2 damaged
D3A1 Val: 4 damaged

Allied Ships
CL Achilles, Bomb hits 10, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Nisqually, Bomb hits 4, heavy fires, heavy damage
xAK Yunnan, Bomb hits 7, and is sunk

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 6:56:16 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Oh sure. Everyone laughs at the kids getting beat up instead of stepping in to help.

***********January 8, 1942(e)**********

More ass kicking.




Help with what? The ass kicking? Alright...sounds weird, but whatever...


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 7:38:20 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		We just missed a big score here. Not sure why they came in so close to Brisbane with such a crappy CAP over their carriers.
Splashes all over the place.


Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Macquarie at 95,164

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 36 NM, estimated altitude 16,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 16 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 21

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 3
P-39D Airacobra x 18
SBD-1 Dauntless x 16

No Japanese losses

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 1 damaged
P-39D Airacobra: 4 destroyed
SBD-1 Dauntless: 6 destroyed, 5 damaged
SBD-1 Dauntless: 1 destroyed by flak

Japanese Ships
CV Soryu
CV Shokaku

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 7:42:14 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Macquarie at 95,164

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 34 NM, estimated altitude 13,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 15 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 10

Allied aircraft
Wirraway x 5
P-39D Airacobra x 7

Japanese aircraft losses
A6M2 Zero: 1 destroyed

Allied aircraft losses
Wirraway: 4 damaged

Japanese Ships
CV Shokaku

Aircraft Attacking:
5 x Wirraway bombing from 10000 feet
Naval Attack: 2 x 100 lb GP Bomb


B-26's have a go.

Morning Air attack on TF, near Port Macquarie at 95,164

Weather in hex: Heavy cloud

Raid detected at 40 NM, estimated altitude 10,000 feet.
Estimated time to target is 11 minutes

Japanese aircraft
A6M2 Zero x 3

Allied aircraft
B-26 Marauder x 7
P-39D Airacobra x 6
P-40E Warhawk x 1

No Japanese losses

No Allied losses

Japanese Ships
CV Zuikaku
CV Soryu

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 7:44:21 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 7:46:59 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Status: offline 		Java-jima: Huge force at Batavia with more landing directly last night. They got shot up pretty good and we sunk a WJD DD with a mine.

Ground combat at Batavia (49,98)

Japanese Bombardment attack

Attacking force 31433 troops, 253 guns, 27 vehicles, Assault Value = 1345

Defending force 9848 troops, 132 guns, 9 vehicles, Assault Value = 115

Allied ground losses:
40 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 2 disabled
Non Combat: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 0 disabled

Assaulting units:
Yokosuka 2nd SNLF
2nd Sasebo SNLF Coy
113th Infantry Regiment
II/124th Infantry Battalion
4th Ind.Mixed Regiment
56th Engineer Regiment
18th Division
16th Division
65th Brigade
148th Infantry Regiment
Sasebo 3rd SNLF /1
56th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
1st Cav Sqdn
I Landstorm Cdo
I Marechausse Cdo
X KNIL Battalion
2nd Cav Sqdn
XI KNIL Battalion
IV Landstorm Cdo
HQ I KNIL Division
2e-VLG-V Sup Afd
Andir ML Base Force
2e-VLG-III Sup Afd
XII KNIL Battalion
3e-VLG-V Sup Afd
3e-VLG-III Sup Afd
Batavia Defenses
A-III-Ld AA Battalion
Batavia KM Base Force
1e-VLG-III Sup Afd
ML-KNIL
A-I-Ld AA Battalion
VkA-1 Sup Afd

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 7:49:31 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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There won't be any Chinamen left!

Ground combat at Chengchow (88,44)

Japanese Shock attack

Attacking force 66876 troops, 569 guns, 394 vehicles, Assault Value = 2147

Defending force 46423 troops, 230 guns, 0 vehicles, Assault Value = 655

Japanese engineers reduce fortifications to 0

Japanese adjusted assault: 1914

Allied adjusted defense: 134

Japanese assault odds: 14 to 1 (fort level 0)

Japanese forces CAPTURE Chengchow !!!

Combat modifiers
Defender: preparation(-), experience(-), supply(-)
Attacker: shock(+)

Japanese ground losses:
2256 casualties reported
Squads: 1 destroyed, 217 disabled
Non Combat: 1 destroyed, 11 disabled
Engineers: 0 destroyed, 10 disabled
Guns lost 11 (1 destroyed, 10 disabled)
Vehicles lost 26 (2 destroyed, 24 disabled)

Allied ground losses:
38996 casualties reported
Squads: 2208 destroyed, 0 disabled
Non Combat: 3574 destroyed, 0 disabled
Engineers: 84 destroyed, 0 disabled
Guns lost 205 (205 destroyed, 0 disabled)
Units destroyed 21

Assaulting units:
138th Infantry Regiment
12th Tank Regiment
15th Tank Regiment
11th Tank Regiment
9th Ind.Mixed Brigade
23rd Tank Regiment
21st Division
16th Ind.Mixed Brigade
110th Division
5th Armored Car Co
26th Engineer Regiment
8th Ind.Mixed Brigade
10th Tank Regiment
41st Division
20th Recon Regiment
26th Recon Regiment
6th Medium Field Artillery Regiment
4th Mortar Battalion
12th Army
11th Field Artillery Regiment

Defending units:
93rd Chinese Corps
15th Chinese Corps
40th Chinese Corps
3rd Construction Regiment
5th New Chinese Corps
8th New Chinese Corps
9th Chinese Corps
80th Chinese Corps
98th Chinese Corps
27th Chinese Corps
2nd Chinese Cavalry Corps
7th Construction Regiment
39th Group Army
15th Group Army
24th Group Army
4th Chinese Base Force
14th Group Army
36th Group Army
1st War Area
Jingcha War Area
10th Chinese Base Force

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 7:53:26 PM   
Cap Mandrake


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Quite a few WJD carriers planes lost. Likely a new landing coming near Brisbane. We are just getting hammered.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 7:59:13 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Likely a new landing coming near Brisbane. We are just getting hammered.


It there any way to stop them?

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 8:02:49 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 8:25:58 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Likely a new landing coming near Brisbane. We are just getting hammered.


It there any way to stop them?

Yes - don't resist in face of impossible odds - melt away and trade space for time. By fall of 1942, come back with the big hammer.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 8:59:25 PM   
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ORIGINAL: BBfanboy

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ORIGINAL: jwolf


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ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake
Likely a new landing coming near Brisbane. We are just getting hammered.


It there any way to stop them?

Yes - don't resist in face of impossible odds - melt away and trade space for time. By fall of 1942, come back with the big hammer.


This was pretty much a run away turn. The chief problem was damaged ships not being able to run fast enough. New Caledonia looking vulnerable and so is New Zealand. As for OZ, our best hope is they gather too much momentum and trip the emergency reinforcements.

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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/20/2015 9:02:42 PM   
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RE: At dawn we slept.....in the cab on the way back fro... - 3/21/2015 7:28:02 AM   
Itdepends

 

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Status: offline 		Any moves to bring the British 18th Div back from Darwin? They'd be useful north of Brisbane about now. Stay away from defending Rockhampton, the jap CA/BB's will nuke you in a clear hex. Bundaberg can also be easily bypassed by road.

Have you been stockpiling squads to upgrade the Aussie divisions yet? Fighters or bombers on the way from CONUS?

What about the Aussies that come in from Aden- to India, Australia or elsewhere?

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