need military help
Jul. 21st, 2008 01:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
zanzjanIf anyone knows...
What rank would the guy in charge of a (major) British air base be?
If he was going to send out a small strike force to carry out a mission in enemy territory during a time of war, what rank would the leader of that expedition most likely be? How many men would such a force most likely be comprised of? (Frex, would it tend to be some number that's a multiple of 8 or of 10 or 12, for example? Like, would 24 men be reasonable?) What rank would the general members of such an expedition probably be?
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What rank would the guy in charge of a (major) British air base be?
If he was going to send out a small strike force to carry out a mission in enemy territory during a time of war, what rank would the leader of that expedition most likely be? How many men would such a force most likely be comprised of? (Frex, would it tend to be some number that's a multiple of 8 or of 10 or 12, for example? Like, would 24 men be reasonable?) What rank would the general members of such an expedition probably be?
Thanks in advance (-:
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Date: 2008-07-21 03:05 pm (UTC)I'd hand wavy guess that someone in charge of an entire air base would be an Air Marshall. But you may perhaps mean the person in charge of all of the combat aircraft, not the entire base (which would include all kinds of other logistics and personnel responsibilities). That leader would probably be a Group Captain.
A small strike force meaning combat aircraft might be 6 or 12 planes, under a Squadron Leader or a Flight Captain.