Royal Cottish Air Force
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| Royal Cottish Air Force | |
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| Active | 1941 - present |
| Country | Cotland |
| Allegiance | King of Cotland |
| Type | Air Force |
| Size | 30,000,000 personnel 169,000 aircraft |
| Colors | Blue and Black |
| Mascot | Hawk |
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| Roundel |  |
The Royal Cottish Air Force (Cottish: Kongelige Cottiske Flyvåpen) is the branch of the military responsible for the aerial defense of the Realm of Cotland.
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History
Early Foundation
The Royal Cottish Air Force was established on the 23rd of March, 1941 when the Royal Cottish Army Flying Service was seperated from the Army and organized as a seperate branch of the military. The seperationg was a result of years of lobbying from the Flying Service, where the Service had complained about not receiving neither the recognition or the funds they needed from the Army High Command, and from several high-ranking officers and Defense Ministers who believed that the Flying Service wasn't utilized to its fullest potential. Finally, Royal Decree 11/1941 was given on the 23rd of March, 1941, ordering the Flying Service to be seperated from the Royal Cottish Army into a new branch, which was to be known as the Royal Cottish Air Force.
In the early years, the new Royal Cottish Air Force operated a relatively small force of fighters and transport aircraft left over from the time as the Flying Service, but over the years, the Air Force adopted new and more capable aircraft and changed along with the advances in technology.
The Nuclear Age
In June 1941, the Realm stepped into the Atomic Age when Cotland's first operational nuclear weapon, the KFB-02 Syver, was successfully tested. Syver was a Uranium-235 bomb which had a yield of 15 kilotons, or one times Hiroshima. With this new weapon tested and proven to be a viable and highly destructive weapon of war, the Supreme High Command decided to incorporate the new nuclear capability with the Royal Cottish Air Force. As a result, the Air Force seperated its assets into two commands: Tactical Aviation Command and Strategic Aviation Command, with Strategic Aviation Command being given responsibility for operating and maintaining Cotland's nuclear capabilities (these entities have later disappeared and been replaced with newer and more specified organizations).
As times passed, technology evolved and nuclear weapons became smaller and more powerful. This, along with the new rocket technology allowed for nuclear weapons to be delivered from far away, and naturally Cotland wanted this kind of capability. So, after years of design and testing, the first Cottish intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead was finished in 1961. The decision was made to adopt ICBMs into the Cottish arsenal, and Strategic Aviation Command were given responsiblity for these new weapons. With the split of Strategic Aviation Command into Long Range Aviation for the aviation part and the Strategic Rocket Forces for the missile part of the former Strategic Aviation Command, responsibility for Cotland's nuclear arsenal has been primarily transfered to the Strategic Rocket Forces, although Long Range Aviation is still responsible for deploying nuclear-armed bombs and missiles if usage of such weapons are deemed necessary.
The Missile Age
As the years passed, the Air Force realized that it could no longer depend solely on fighter patrols to detect and shoot down any invaders. Modern aircraft were simply too fast and too small to be detected with the naked eye from afar or even the primitive radars inside the Cottish jet fighters. This prompted the establishment of what is known today as the Cottish Air Defense Network, or CADN for short, which includes all Cottish land-based air defense assets, from surface to air missiles to air defense artillery to radar sites to interceptor fighters to anti-ballistic missile complexes.
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Organization
The Royal Cottish Air Force is a hierarchal organization, organized from the ground up into a set hierarchy which is modified when necessary to suit changes in equipment, doctrine or mission. Currently, the Royal Cottish Air Force is organized into ten numbered geographical commands, each with a static area of responsibility and a theater of operations in which it is to carry out its missions, called Flystyrke in Cottish (English: Air Force). For the sake of being easy to understand for the reader, we will use the English translation in this article.
Each Air Force has underneath it a number of flying groups organized into different types of sub-units. The flying groups, called Flygrupper in Cottish, are the highest tactical formations available and responsible for everyday operations planning, logistical support and maintenance of the aircraft. The flying groups have a ground-based headquarters which handles all logistics personnel save for maintenance personnel, medical personnel and aerodrome support staff, and is responsible for the aerodromes that the sub-units operate from. An aerodrome can handle anything from a flying detachment to a full flying group, depending on the size and location of the aerodrome. Additionally, the flying groups have between four to nine flying sub-units called regiments.
A regiment consist of between twenty to forty-eight aircraft, and is the principal fighting formation that the Royal Cottish Air Force operate with. Pilots, other aircraft crew and maintenance personnel are assigned directly to the regiments, as are the aircraft the Regiment operate, with other ground personnel assigned to the regiment by the flying group as needed. A flying Regiment can be further broken down into Squadrons of between three to sixteen aircraft, and these can be further broken down into Flights and Detachments of one to four aircraft as needed for specific missions. Unlike many other Air Forces, the Royal Cottish Air Force does not consider squadrons a autonomic formation, but organic to the Regiment which is the lowest autonomic unit.
The Air Forces of the Royal Cottish Air Force are
| Air Force | Geographical Area | Responsibility | Established |
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| 1. Air Force | Northeastern Cotland (Fublis, Eeobroht, Vakda and Urdej) | Nuclearum, Strait of Cotland, Homeland Defence | 1941, reorganized 2009 |
| 2. Air Force | Western Cotland (Fake, Mendis, Demni, Deshj and Sakht) | Strait of Doomanum, Südwesthaven (Aequatio), Homeland Defence | 1941, reorganized 2009 |
| 3. Air Force | Southeastern Cotland (Horde, Ceutaji and Feidal) | San Nereiana (Allanea), Rosdivan, Novacom, Homeland Defence | 1941, reorganized 2009 |
| 5. Air Force | Andertji | North Haven | 1993, reorganized 2009 |
| 6. Air Force | Østergår | Strobovia Strait | 1993, reorganized 2009 |
| 7. Air Force | Korangar | Prestonia, Sea of Paralentum, Northwest Haven | 1941, reorganized 2009 |
| 8. Air Force | Østfold | East Haven, Traitor's Dash, Aequatio | 2009 |
| 9. Air Force | Trøndelag | South Haven | 2009 |
| 14. Air Force | Biskaja | Hallad Strait, Azaha | 2009 |
| 15. Air Force | Sunnmore | South of Haven | 1941, reorganized 2009 |
Equipment
Aircraft
| Aircraft | Origin | Role | Versions | In service | ||
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| Fighter and Ground Attack Aircraft | ||||||
| FA-77 Kovas |  Soviet Bloc |
Air Superiority Fighter | FA-77A | 30 000 | ||
| COT.36 Blodøks |  Cotland |
Ground Attack Aircraft | COT.36A | 13 650 | ||
| COT.42 Hugin | Cotland |
Multirole Fighter | COT.42A | 45 000 | ||
| Bomber Aircraft | ||||||
| B-22 Zeus |  Candiria |
Heavy Strategic Bomber | B-22A | 7 500 | ||
| COT.50 Ragnarok | Cotland |
Supersonic Strategic Bomber | COT.50A | 14 200 | ||
| FB-177 Barsuk | Soviet Bloc |
Strike Bomber | FB-177C | 9 100 | ||
| Surveillance aircraft | ||||||
| EP-191 Apollo |  Aequatio |
Airborne Battlefield Command Post | EP-191E | 1 050 | ||
| EP-191 Aurora | Aequatio |
Airborne Early Warning | EP-191B | 4 200 | ||
| RQ-3 Dark Star |  United States |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | RQ-3C | 2 850 | ||
| RQ-4 Global Hawk | United States |
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | RQ-4C | 2 850 | ||
| Transport Aircraft | ||||||
| COT.31 Kondor | Cotland |
Strategic Transport | COT.31B | 3 500 | ||
| C-197 Courier | Aequatio |
Tactical Transport | C-197A | 1 000 | ||
| C-199 Samson | Aequatio |
Tactical Transport | C-199A | 6 600 | ||
| Pegasus | Template:ZMI | Strategic Transport | 100 | |||
| C-175 Sigrún |  Chevrokia |
Supersonic VIP Transport | VC-175A | 260 | ||
| Tanker Aircraft | ||||||
| Blackadder MSE.2R |  Questers |
Supersonic Tanker | MSE.2R | 6 100 | ||
| KP-191 Starkeeper | Aequatio |
Tanker | KP-191D | 8 500 | ||
| Helicopters | ||||||
| UH-28 Black Falcon |  Cravan |
Utility Helicopter | UH-28E | 2 000 | ||
| MH-105 Black Storm | Aequatio |
Special Operations Helicopter | MH-105D | 1 200 | ||
| MH-100 Explorer |  Layarteb |
Special Operations Helicopter | MH-100A | 600 | ||
| Special Air Mission Aircraft | ||||||
| EF-77 Kovas | Soviet Bloc |
Electronic Warfare | EA-77B | 3 300 | ||
| EB-177 Coldun | Soviet Bloc |
Electronic Warfare | EB-177C | 1 100 | ||
| RB-22 Zeus | Candiria |
ELINT | RB-22B | 200 | ||
| Trainer Aircraft | ||||||
| T-193 Canary | Aequatio |
Jet Trainer | T-193A | 4 000 | ||
| Pilatus PC-9 |  Switzerland |
Basic Trainer | PC-9M | 4 000 | ||
Ground-Based Missiles
| Missile | Origin | Warhead | Version | In service | ||
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| Intercontinental Ballistic Missile | ||||||
| LGM-366 Messiah | Aequatio |
10x400 Kiloton thermonuclear
1x15 Megaton thermonuclear |
LGM-366A
LGM-366B |
8 000
2 000 |
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| Intercontinental Ballistic Missile | ||||||
| MGM-371 Trojan | Aequatio |
2x350 kiloton thermonuclear
50x chemical (VX) bomblet |
MGM-371A
MGM-371B |
3 000
2 000 |
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| Surface to Air Missile | ||||||
| Scar | Cotland |
145 kg high-explosive, penetrating rod | BLM.54A | 5 500 Batteries | ||
| Kampspyd | Cotland |
25 kg high-explosive blast-fragmentation | BLM.67B | 2 500 Batteries | ||
| Anti-Ballistic Missile | ||||||
| Mjølner | Cotland |
Kinetic Energy Warhead | AMBF-1A | 300 Batteries | ||
