The HCS Navy has been criticised by a former officer for the poor state of it's carrierborne aviation on the eve of the first new carrier CNS Cloneworld entering service. The carrier currently has 4 F-40Ns embarked for final proving trials but is unlikely to ever carry more than 6 because, despite having on paper 61 F-40Ns, only around 10 are considered capable of carrier operations.
When the F-40Ns were restored to the HCSNAS they were refurbished and updated but it was found that most of them were not suitable for being re-strengthened for carrier operations without extensive rebuilding which could not be afforded at the time. Thus until the introduction of the F-45K the navy's carrier will have to carefully ration it's use of air power.
