Bureaucratic States Aggregated Air Force
The Bureaucratic States Aggregated Air Force (BSAAF) -- colloquially known as the Aggregated Air Force -- is the aviation branch of the Oglethorpian military. While the Aggregated Navy and Aggregated Army serve primarily defensive roles, the Aggregated Air Force represents the most capable offensive arm of the Bureaucratic States Aggregated Armed Forces. With its manpower of 4.6 million (25% of the whole of the military's manpower) the Aggregated Air Force maintains some 77,648 aircraft.
The Aggregated Air Force was commissioned with the advent of aviation, and has subsequently continually modernized into its present form.
In peacetime, command of the squadrons falls to the Defense Bureau, while in wartime the Incumbency office serves as its commander(s).
Purpose
While its long range bombers and fighter capabilities give the Aggregated Air Force the greatest global reach of all the branches of the military, its mission along with the Aggregated Navy is strictly in defense of Oglethorpia.
Organization
The branch's head is the Chief Premier of the Aggregated Air Force whom briefs the Defense Bureau on the state and needs of the Aggregated Air Force. The task of maintaining the massive fleet of planes is the duty of the Aggregated Air Force Administrative Agency (AAFAA). This office in general handles the logistics of the Aggregated Air Force's duty.
Squadrons
In the interest of national safety Oglethorpia's five main metropolitan areas have Aggregated Air Force squadrons stationed in them. These squadrons are;
- 1st Air Squadron -- based in Megalopolis City, its jurisdiction the city and its outlying areas.
- 2nd Air Squandron -- based in Polyesterhampton, its jurisdiction over the Polyesterhampton isle and its nearby coasts.
- 3rd Air Squadron -- based in Allergiers, also tasked with watch over the city and its coastal areas.
- 4th Air Squadron -- based in Sheffingham, its jurisdiction over the city and its outlying areas.
- 5th Air Squadron -- based in Steeford, its jurisdiction over the city and the border with Stanigramistan.
In the event of a crisis between two squadron's jurisdictions, the Defense Bureau shall provide orders to the appropriate squadron. Crises that are clearly under one jurisdiction are left unordered.
BSAAF aircraft
Early on in the history of the Aggregated Air Force, all commissioned aircraft were purchased from foreign countries. The Defense Bureau, wanting to end reliance on other nations instituted a rigorous reverse engineering program -- but nowadays the modern Oglethorpian-made aircraft bear little resemblance to their predecessors.
All Aggregated Air Force planes carry the BSA labeling (similar to "BSS" on all navy ships); but instead of a proper name it is followed by the model of aircraft.
