Clandonian Prime-Airforce

Introduction

Formed only four years ago officially from the Army Air Corps fixed wing division, the air force has grown in size with now over four million people involved. Clandonia needed to strengthen the air force quickly after the need for air support in the on going war. With help from overseas suppliers and developments from the home grown Clandonian Imperial Aerospace Systems.

Sections

The air force grew out of several army elements, the Logistical Corp formed the Strategical Lift Squadron, with its short and longer ranged transports. Helicopters stayed under army control but all fighter and bomber support went to form the new wings and squadrons. The air force now has a total service number of four million personal, and a reserve of two million.

Equipment

10,000x F/A-22 Strike Raptor

12,000x F-36 Gladius

12000x F/A 401 Bird of Prey

400x SB-22 "Sariel" Advanced Strategic Bomber

200x B-74 Shadowcaster

100x Type 1000 Nuclear Powered Heavy Bomber

1,000x B-73 Ravager

2400x B-2 Stealth Bombers

80x FA-20 Heavy Bombers (Armed with a whole array of conventional weaponary and can carry 6 SRBMs OR 4 ICBMs OR 2 Amagaddeons)

280x E-3 Sentry AWACs Aircraft

16,000x KC-130 Refueling Support Aircraft

12,000x VC-10 Refuelling Support Aircraft

18,000x C-130K Hercules Short-Medium ranged lift Aircraft

10,000x C-5B Galaxy Heavy Lift Transport

10,000x C-17 Globe-master III Strategical Theatre Transport

2000x An-124 Condor Heavy lift Transport

8000x Nimrod MR4 Naval Reconnaissance and ASW Aircraft

10,000x G4M6 Naval Bombers

The Future

To maintain a presence of regional and international significance the air force and to improve the nations space and long range defences against hostile threat. The continued deployment of nuclear weapons is an important part of the air forces long term defence plan to work alongside the Navy in maintaining a fully independent force.

A B-74 Hypersonic bomber on patrol

Nuclear Weaponry and Non-Conventional Forces

Clandonia's air force is responsible for the storage and deployment of the country's arsenal, using it in the recent conflict in retaliation for the chemical attacks. B-2 bombers delivered devastating accuracy with their NW-590 500 kt warheads, several larger mega tonne devices are in the arsenal which is thought to contain still at least another 300 warheads. Clandonian space command has also been rumoured to be in control of several devices that were rumoured to be used in the recent war with Blainsville. There are several pieces of long ranged missiles in the arsenal but there are known to be several hundred OTR - 23 Oka (SS-23 Spider) mobile theatre ballistic missiles which can carry conventional and NBC warheads.

In the war against British Londinium the attack from Nova Brittanica resulted in several thousand Clandonian nuclear weapons being used against the former nation. After the war a review was placed to upgrade and modernise the Clandonian nuclear arsenal following a deal with the Dartian based Elite Arms Corporation a package worth several trillion dollars was placed.

Strategic Nuclear Weapons -500 x RT-2M Topol Mobile ICBM’s -2,000 x Peacekeeper ICBM’s -3,000 x Peacekeeper II ICBM’s -500 x Trident II Fleet Ballistic Missiles -1,000 x Trident III Fleet Ballistic Missiles -500 x Tomahawk Cruise Missiles w/ Nuclear Warheads -500 x AGM-129 Stealth Cruise Missiles w/ Nuclear Warheads -2,000 x M83 Nuclear Bombs -400 x M53 Nuclear Bombs -10000x Tridor ICBMs -1200x SS-27 Mobile ICBM's of Clandonian Strategical Rocket Forces

Tactical Nuclear Weapons -500 x M61 Bunker Busters -1,000 x Excalibur GPS Guided Nuclear Artillery Shells -350 x Hammerhead Supercaptivating Nuclear Torpedoes -100 x AIR-2 Genie Air-to-Air Nuclear Missiles -8000x Thornwind SRBMs (Short Range Ballastic Missiles)

E-Bombs -10,000 x Peacekeeper IIE ICBM’s -200 x Trident IIIE Fleet Ballistic Missiles -200 x AGM-129E Stealth Cruise Missiles -200 x Tomahawk E Cruise Missiles -500 x Achilles Variable Yield E-Bombs -2000x Amagaddeon Class Nuclear Missiles (Nuclear Missiles with EMP Charges)

Clandonian Military Space Command

A branch of the air force which has made Clandonia able to have a wide range of new technology's from advanced military warning systems, communication satellites to vastly improving the cellular and data networks. The space department has big plans according to some with suggesting that nuclear weapons test may have occurred in space as some sort of EMP weapon potentially being able to wipe out an entire country, this weapon has been codenamed Silver Mirror. There are several special forces teams for space command, soldiers capable of fighting in space to potentially target any satellites or orbitals. Commanders signed deals with various company's to buy parts for the construction of a space station which is nearing completion.

Little is known about the full capabilities but some experts have suggested that it contains the following numbers of equipment:

* 1st Space Commando Division
* 1st Combat Shuttle Squadron
* Specialist Clandonian Nuclear Space Forces Division

The Clandonian Military Shuttle, complete with its Tridor Booster rocket component, a non-nuclear version of the ICBM used in the nuclear programme that is used to launch the shuttle from Earth.

Launch Vehicles:

80x Space Shuttles

32x Delta II Launch Vehicle

16x Ariane 5 Launch Vehicle

8x Atlas II Launch Vehicle

Satellites:

32x Meteorological Satellite

48x Communications Satellite

32x Global Positioning System Satellite

32x Milstar Communications Satellite

48x Early Warning Satellite

16x KH-12 Advanced Keyhole / Improved Crystal Spy Satellite

40x Silver Sky Orbital Weapons Platforms (Armed with 20 Thor Nuclear Missiles , 2 Chemical Lasers , 10 Titanium Missile Pods)

80x Thornwind Nuclear Orbital MIRV Launch System (Armed with Eight missiles each containing eight 40 MT warheads)

15x Ion Exciter Cannon systems (A satellite system that fires as stream of charged ions that are collected using solar panels and then focused down, similar to a large concentrated lightning bolt, requires 30 hours to charge and lasts only 10 seconds for a 45 cm wide beam.)