15.2.13

HCSAF to disband 42 squadrons

The HCSAF are to disband 42 squadrons though 17 squadrons will also be strengthened by some crews and aircraft being redeployed. The cuts are part of the downsizing already planned for the air force and will mostly involve aircraft like the F-40 which are coming to the end of their lives.

Some squadrons may be moved to the forthcoming National Territorial Armies which will take over the day to day patrol and garrison duties in the empire if the army changes are agreed (probably by the end of the year). The HCSAF have said the changes will take place over the next 3 years.
  • Ronald's expedition Operation Long Shot is reported to have entered the space of the mysterious and ultra-isolationist IKA Federation.
  • The 3rd Armoured Brigade (Terra) has been declared operational by the DDS Terrestrial Force Land Division. The brigade is part of the 2nd Combat Department though Zeppelin, the head of DDS land forces, said that the Land Division will be having one of its periodic rotations soon.