OOC Thread

[Matt Wiser]

Standard regimental structure: three squadrons plus a command flight to make 40 aircraft per regiment.

[Lordroel]

Standard regimental structure: three squadrons plus a command flight to make 40 aircraft per regiment.

Does this also include the regiment's reconnaissance squadron of 10 Tu-16RM (Badger-D) aircraft, if we use Kennedy vs. Badger as source material.

[Matt Wiser]

The Recon Squadron was Independent. but was based with the bomber regiment for maintenance purposes.

[Lordroel]

Found this jewel, the original scrip for 1984 movie: https://soma.sbcc.edu/users/davega/FILM ... wn1984.pdf

Some interesting prologue with parts not shown in movie prologue:

- El Salvador Militarily Untenable.
- President Reagan blames congressional restraints.
- Labor and Food Riots in Poland.
- Communist Party declares emergency. Soviet troops invade.
- Economic Boycotts upon Soviet Regime.
- Western Europe wavers.
- Cuba and Nicaragua Reach Troop Strength Goals of 500,000 Men Combined.
- Greens Party Gains Control of West German
- Parliament. Demands witbdrawal of nuclear
- weapons from European soil.
- France Signs Non-Aggression Pact with Soviets.
- Cuban and Sandinista Governments Form CAPA (Central American Peoples Alliance).
- Revolution in Mexico.
- Japan and European Common Market Sign Trade Agreements with Moscow.
- NATO dissolves.
- Soviet Union suffers Worst Wheat Harvest in 55 Years.
- Cuban Advisors Sent to Mexican Civil War.
- Moscow and CAPA recognize Revolutionary Provisional Government of Mexico.
- United States Stands Alone.

The movie prologue we know:

[Wolfman]

You mean prologue, right? An epilogue would be after the end…

[Lordroel]

You mean prologue, right? An epilogue would be after the end…

Thanks, will change it.

[Wolfman]

You’re welcome.

[Lordroel]

Did the Soviets during the war operate from Al Anad Air Base in Yemen and was it attacked by British and Americans during the war.

[Matt Wiser]

Haven't thought about that: the war in the peripheries hasn't gotten much attention. But they would try to monitor-if not stop-tanker convoys using the Red Sea shipping lanes.

[Lordroel]

Haven't thought about that: the war in the peripheries hasn't gotten much attention. But they would try to monitor-if not stop-tanker convoys using the Red Sea shipping lanes.

Because I posted on my forum a photo of a Oman Fighter intercepting a Soviet ASW plane, and the only location that plane could operate from is the Soviet air base in Yemen.

[James1978]

Haven't thought about that: the war in the peripheries hasn't gotten much attention. But they would try to monitor-if not stop-tanker convoys using the Red Sea shipping lanes.

Because I posted on my forum a photo of a Oman Fighter intercepting a Soviet ASW plane, and the only location that plane could operate from is the Soviet air base in Yemen.

Well . . . Asmara in Ethiopia is another possibility.

[Lordroel]

Asmara in Ethiopia is another possibility.

Would the Americans striking them consider war on Yemen and Ethiopia.

[Poohbah]

Asmara in Ethiopia is another possibility.

Would the Americans striking them consider war on Yemen and Ethiopia.

After SAC or a CVW pays a courtesy call, the locals tell the Soviets "your basing rights have just been revoked."

[Lordroel]

After SAC or a CVW pays a courtesy call, the locals tell the Soviets "your basing rights have just been revoked."

Diego Garcia would be a good place to operate from.

Also would Egypt tolerate the Red Sea being held hostage by the Soviets.

[Wolfman]

Diego Garcia is a British possession, might I remind you…

[Lordroel]

Diego Garcia is a British possession, might I remind you…

And in OTL used by the Americans during the Gulf War, so i can see it also being used here as well, to keep the Soviets operating out of Yemen and Ethiopia in check and to keep the Suez Canal open.

[Wolfman]

Probably as a stopping point for SAC bombers and tankers…

[Lordroel]

Probably as a stopping point for SAC bombers and tankers…

So could the British then operate from there, with help from SAC.

[Wolfman]

It’s probably a backwater…

[James1978]

Depending on how involved Egypt wants to be, Cairo West Air Base might be a possibility. I know B-52s deployed there for Bright Star 1983.