(orangesm @ Jan. 12 2007,06:46)
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Something I have noticed with the introduction of AeroImp is that a fair number of players are calling their AeroImp forces Fleets or Armies. ?This just makes me go grrr....
An Aeronautical force would be made up of
Elements (1 Bomber, 2-4 Fighters)
Flights (2-3 Elements)
Squadron (3-4 Flights)
Flying Group (3-4 Squadrons)
Wing (USAF 4 Groups, 1 is a flying Group)
Numbered Air Force (# of Wings assigned to region of NAF's command)
In M41 a Numbered Air Force equivelant would most likely be a Fleet or Planetary Imperial Navy Command or Planetary Air Defense Command.
So the most often misused term of fleet in relation to a number of aircraft could really be equal to many more Aircraft. ?1 Dictator carries 4 Squadrons a mix of Starfury fighters and bombers. That is a Wing on the Dictator. ?Now in a very possible Imperial Fleet of an Emperor, Mars, and 2 Dictators you will have 5 Wings (2 on the Emperor) with 4 Squadrons each. ?That is a Fleets worth of aircraft.
The biggest term I would use for AeroImp is Wing, Squadron or Flight is more appropriate.
No where have I heard all these terms before...trying to remember now. They asure are familar.
Sorry inside joke betwen me and organgesm
And that Hex pattern was not painted on ... the fabric was dyed to look that way. I did two of my Reaver Titans in a similar pattern ... Tally Ho !! 
