The CSG fights the way it trains. At present, they train with a CVW of approximately 60 airplanes. Even with only 60 airplanes, some CVWs deploy with short manning. Adding another 20-25 airplanes would only exacerbate the manning problem.
As I posted earlier, the ship’s spaces that formerly housed support for the additional 25 airplanes is now occupied by ship’s kit. In other words, there is not enough available space to easily increase the number of airplanes in the CVW.
Yes there is. In a any kind of DEFCON 3 or 2 war, against a near level pear, of course the CVNs will be bulked out.your right, ships kit has expanded, hence why max numbers are down from 90+ to 80… but in a crisis, stateside squadrons and manning will be fixed by mobilisation of reserves, something that is economical or wise unless a major war effort is needed. expect 1 or 2 more VFA/VMFA squadrons and a few extra gowlers and hawkeyes
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