Flicker
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Joined: 11/24/2011 From: Rocket City USA Status: offline
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US Air, plus Canada. Oh, and New Zealand. When I do a turn, I start in Alaska, then make a big loop to Canada, GB / Canada / East Coast, West Coast, Balboa, Pearl, et cetera; ending at Abadan, Aden, and Cape Town. Since US squadrons are almost everywhere, we'll follow that practice. Alaska is defended by the 11th Air Force, comprised of some fighters and two-engine bombers; supplemented by Catalina squadrons. The fighters were 'upgraded' from P40E to P39s, the bombers are used for ASW, and the Cats for Naval Search. Almost all of Canada's squadrons are due to permanently withdraw, so they don't get replacement airplanes or upgrades. They are all on the west coast. Some American aircraft (Cats, 2-engine ASW bombers) are stationed at Canadian airfields. The West Coast airfields mostly train pilots in squadrons due to permanently withdraw. Seattle and Mare Island train fighters, Alameda trains 4-engine bombers, and the rest of the 2-engine bombers provide ASW along the coast (both 'P' and those that haven't been bought out). Float plane squadron due to withdraw have been 'upgraded' to save their Kingfishers (all ships have Kingfisher patrol planes). San Diego keeps the USN squadrons due to withdraw, and San Francisco has everything else (planes due to ship to Pearl, planes that haven't been bought out, plus ASW (I use the zeppelins as ASW). I've got a pretty solid ASW air and ship combination from Victoria to LA. Pearl currently has a huge backlog of planes needed elsewhere (to be sorted out after the ship upgrades), but also has a fighter wing on CAP and decent ASW coverage. ASW is also stationed at the other Hawaiian islands. Midway, Johnston, and pretty much all of the occupied islands in the South Pacific have Cats, sometimes supplemented by dive bombers or torpedo planes. There is a wing of B17s split between Suva and Noumea supporting the battle at Luganville. New Zealand has some air at Suva (and Nadi), but most of their air is at home. There is a Kiwi fighter squadron on Sumatra. Australia is home to a B17 wing at Charter Towers, plus dive bombers and 2-engine bombers at Brisbane and the Sydney metro area. There are a lot of American fighters on Java and Sumatra, plus a wing of B17s at Lahat, and Singapore has five squadrons of P40Es, one of which is on night patrol. The Flying Tigers are still at Rangoon for a couple more weeks, with another fighter wing at Chittagong to replace them. Next, land units.
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