Re: USAF has won when fighting 1 to 6 odds before.


"Henry J Cobb" <hcobb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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http://www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil/korea/chap1.htm
Soon, however, Soviet pilots fortified the ranks of the less skilled
North Korean and Chinese pilots, and the communist fleet grew to more
than 900 MiG-15s. FEAF, on the other hand, could only field about 150
F-86s, half of which were often grounded awaiting spare parts. Despite
their greater number of air superiority aircraft, the North Korean Air
Force was never able to gain the advantage.

So the USAF only needs one sixth the number of fighters it goes up
against.

Given 1,800 Chinese fighters plus 1,400 Russian fighters (best possible
match up against the Americans) the USAF only needs 550 fighters to have
the clear advantage.

Assuming that each JSF is worth half as much as a dedicated air to air
platform, 180 F-22s plus 1,700 F-35As gives a total of 1030 fighter
equivalents or almost twice as many tactical jets as the USAF really
needs. ;-)

Wrong. US doctrine requires the US armed forces to be able to fight 2 major
conflicts and a regional conflict at the same time.
So if we assume a regional conflict requiring half the forces a major
conflict does and your scale to be typical of a major conflict the US needs
50% more than the projected numbers of F-22 and F-35 combined.
And that's assuming that all those aircraft will be used purely in an
air-air capability to fight it out with their enemy counterparts, instead of
the majority (especially the F-35s) being used in an air-ground role.

So in reality the air-air capability of the USAF will fall short of
requirements by an order of magnitude.


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