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Operation Skywall: The Defensive Air Doctrine of Nippon
August 18, 2022
In preparation for the looming Pacific conflict, the Nippon Air Command has finalized its wartime doctrine: hold the home skies at all costs.
While the ground shakes in Taiwan and the seas boil with fleet maneuvers, Nippon’s air wings have received a different order. The 249 fighter aircraft of the Self-Defense Air Force will not deploy to Formosa. There are simply too few jets, and no margin for waste. Sending them into the heavily contested Taiwanese skies would be suicide. Better to keep them where they can matter.
The fighter jets Nippon does have can protect the Nippon industry throughout the war. The airfleet, numbering 249 fighter jets, is ordered to intercept enemy strategic bombers over Nippon. The Close Air Support planes, numbering 72, will remain grounded throughout the war.
August 18, 2022
In preparation for the looming Pacific conflict, the Nippon Air Command has finalized its wartime doctrine: hold the home skies at all costs.
While the ground shakes in Taiwan and the seas boil with fleet maneuvers, Nippon’s air wings have received a different order. The 249 fighter aircraft of the Self-Defense Air Force will not deploy to Formosa. There are simply too few jets, and no margin for waste. Sending them into the heavily contested Taiwanese skies would be suicide. Better to keep them where they can matter.
The fighter jets Nippon does have can protect the Nippon industry throughout the war. The airfleet, numbering 249 fighter jets, is ordered to intercept enemy strategic bombers over Nippon. The Close Air Support planes, numbering 72, will remain grounded throughout the war.
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