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* '''''Air Superiority (Space Superiority)''''' is the goal of every battle in which flight craft take part, whether their use is the main feature of the battle or just a part. Since the earliest use of fixed wing biplanes on Terra and analogs of that type on other worlds, the clear need for such control has always been evident. He who controls the "high ground" eventually wins the battle - and the war. | * '''''Air Superiority (Space Superiority)''''' is the goal of every battle in which flight craft take part, whether their use is the main feature of the battle or just a part. Since the earliest use of fixed wing biplanes on Terra and analogs of that type on other worlds, the clear need for such control has always been evident. He who controls the "high ground" eventually wins the battle - and the war. | ||
* '''''Air Wing refers''''' to the entire group of fighters or other tactical craft assigned to an installation or a capital ship. The craft are typically grouped into flights of four ships (two pairs of wingmen). The flights are in turn typically grouped into squadrons of four flights each, making a squadron 16 tactical craft each. The size of an air wing can vary, based on the size of the housing facility, be it a capital ship or a base. Wings are numbered, as are the squadrons that make them up, by the command that authorized their formation. Squadrons typically select names for themselves, often hearkening back to historical references that are important to their charter members. As an example, let us take a squadron that has named itself the '''Wild Cards''' and uses the names of specific Terran playing cards as call signs. Referring to a specific fighter might then be ''Ace of Spades, 403rd Fighter Squadron (Wild Cards), 3rd Carrier Air Wing, SARATOGA''. | * '''''Air Wing refers''''' to the entire group of fighters or other tactical craft assigned to an installation or a capital ship. The craft are typically grouped into flights of four ships (two pairs of wingmen). The flights are in turn typically grouped into squadrons of four flights each, making a squadron 16 tactical craft each. The size of an air wing can vary, based on the size of the housing facility, be it a capital ship or a base. Wings are numbered, as are the squadrons that make them up, by the command that authorized their formation. Squadrons typically select names for themselves, often hearkening back to historical references that are important to their charter members. As an example, let us take a squadron that has named itself the '''Wild Cards''' and uses the names of specific Terran playing cards as call signs. Referring to a specific fighter might then be ''Ace of Spades, 403rd Fighter Squadron (Wild Cards), 3rd Carrier Air Wing, SARATOGA''. | ||
* '''''CAG (Commander - Air Group)''''' is an old holdover from Terran naval days. The CAG was the senior officer of the aviators on a ship. Although most Federation capital ships are not "carriers," they do carry tactical spacecraft. And although this officer might hold any rank from Ensign to Captain, | * '''''CAG (Commander - Air Group)''''' is an old holdover from Terran naval days. The CAG was the senior officer of the aviators on a ship. Although most Federation capital ships are not "carriers," they do carry tactical spacecraft. And although this officer might hold any rank from Ensign to Captain, they are still the '''CAG''' in common parlance. In other words, although the acronym uses the word "Commander," the CAG is a job, not a rank. | ||
* '''''Craft Designation Tags (e.g. "F-, FA-, GS, FS")''''' are used to denote the general mission profile of a ship type. This is not a rigid classification of a ship's capabilities or mission, only a general one. Thus "F" designations apply to fighters, "FA" to fighter-attack craft, "GS" to Ground-Space (local non-warp) fighters, "FS" to fighter-shuttles and "IE" to Indo-Exo (e.g., specially designed for use in atmosphere and space). | * '''''Craft Designation Tags (e.g. "F-, FA-, GS, FS")''''' are used to denote the general mission profile of a ship type. This is not a rigid classification of a ship's capabilities or mission, only a general one. Thus "F" designations apply to fighters, "FA" to fighter-attack craft, "GS" to Ground-Space (local non-warp) fighters, "FS" to fighter-shuttles and "IE" to Indo-Exo (e.g., specially designed for use in atmosphere and space). | ||
* '''''Fighter''''' applies to craft whose design and main mission capabilities are vehicle to vehicle combat and local "space" or "air" superiority in a particular tactical theater. They tend to be one or two person craft and are heavy on weapons and armor, light on engines except for thruster and impulse capability. Most do not have warp engines. | * '''''Fighter''''' applies to craft whose design and main mission capabilities are vehicle to vehicle combat and local "space" or "air" superiority in a particular tactical theater. They tend to be one or two person craft and are heavy on weapons and armor, light on engines except for thruster and impulse capability. Most do not have warp engines. | ||