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Brulafi Air Force
Aircraft Roundel
Motto: "Ad Astra per Aspera"
Total Manpower (reserves included): 67,000
-Active Duty: 18,000
HQ: Ministry of Defence, Turbay, Brulafi
Largest Non-HQ Operating Base: Fort Overlook, Turbay
Leadership:
- State President (head of state): Paul Watson
- Minister of Defence: Joel Feldkopf
Establishment: 1922
Aircraft
Type: Canard Multirole Fighter
Country of origin: Brulafi
Users: Brulafi
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 13.75 m
Wingspan: 8 m
Height: 4.87 m
Empty weight: 6,247 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 13,400 kg
Performance
Maximum speed: 2000 km/h (1,080 kt)
Range: 3,765 km (2,033 nmi)
Service ceiling: 17,000 m
Rate of climb: 16,500 meters-per-minute
Max. Speed: 2,000 km/h (Mach 1.88)
Armament
Weapons:
1 x 30mm cannon
2 x Air-to-surface missiles
2 x Homing air-to-air missiles
2 x Air-to-air missile pods
Avionics:
Fire-control radar
Digital flight control system
Multi-function navigation/attack system
Type: Utility Helicopter (and various other types)
Country of origin: Brulafi
Users: Brulafi
General characteristics
Crew: 3
Capacity:
4,000 kg (8,800 lb) on internal/external hardpoints
26 passengers
or12 stretchers and seat for 1 medical attendant
Length: 18.17 m
Rotor Diameter: 21.29 m
Height: 5.65 m
Empty weight: 7,260 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 13,000 kg
Performance
Maximum speed: 260 km/h (140 kt)
Range: 610 km (328 nmi)
Service ceiling: 4,500 m
Rate of climb: 16,500 meters-per-minute
Armament
Weapons:
-
Disposable stores on six hardpoints, mounting:
57mm rockets
Bombs, guided or unguided
ATGMs
Type: Cargo Aircraft, Aerial Aircraft Carrier (TATI-10B)
Country of origin: Brulafi
Users: Brulafi
General characteristics
Crew:
Cargo Version: 4-6
TATI-10B: 12 carrier crew
18 mission specialists
Capacity:
Cargo Version: 230,000 kg
TATI-10B: 10 Bumblebee microfighters
Length: 68.96 m
Wingspan: 73.3 m
Height: 20.78 m
Empty weight: 175,000 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 405,000 kg
Performance
Maximum speed: 865 km/h
Range: 5,200 km
Service ceiling: 12,000 m
Armament
Cargo Version: Unarmed
TATI-10B: 10 Bumblebee microfighters
Type: Parasite Microfighter (attached to TATI-10B)
Country of origin: Brulafi
Users: Brulafi
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 7.1 m
Wingspan: 5.6 m
Height: 2.4 m
Empty weight: 3,346 kg
Max. takeoff weight: 6,536 kg
Performance
Maximum speed: tbd
Range: tbd
Service ceiling: tbd
Rate of climb: tbd
Max. Speed: tbd
Armament
Weapons:
2 x 30mm cannon
2 x Air-to-surface missiles
or2 x Homing air-to-air missiles
or2 x Air-to-air missile pods
Avionics:
Fire-control radar
Digital flight control system
Multi-function navigation/attack system
Overview
Organization
The Brulafi Revolutionary Defence Force relies primarily on a doctrine of "Total Defence". This doctrine stipulates that, if a superior enemy force is to invade Brulafi, then all the branches of the military are to cooperate together as units attached together, with air wings moving in sync with attached infantry units. The goal of this tactic is to bring the whole of the country to bear on any invader, with the conventional military moving as a rapid response unit to any threat crossing the border and with the general population enlisted to act as guerrilla fighters in order to wear down any invader who occupies Brulafi territory. As such, most air units are directly attached to a set infantry brigade, with only a few select independent fixed-wing units left over for the purpose of air defence and independent offensive maneuvers. The Air Force also maintains two paratrooper brigades, both formed in 1964 and with their own rotary-wing and fixed-wing transports available for use.
Central Intelligence Bureau
While technically not part of any branch and a direct service under the BRDF, The Brulafi Central Intelligence Bureau (CIB) works very closely with the BRDAF in activities everywhere from transport of agents and materiel all the way to intelligence gathering via aircraft on reconnaissance missions. As such, foreign analysts often incorrectly identify the CIB as a sub-branch of the Air Force. The agency inherits most of the foreign intelligence infrastructure and information from the defunct State Security Bureau, which in turn was heavily influenced, supplied and trained by the Soviet Committee for State Security (KGB). As such, the CIB is one of the most embedded and effective intelligence agencies in the Isles. The Bureau's subdivisions are known as "Directorates" and include:
Foreign Intelligence Directorate
Armed Forces Intelligence Directorate
Transportation Security Directorate
Border Security Directorate (coordinates with the Popular Militia's Border Control Division)
Operations and Technology Directorate
Special Protection Directorate (acts as VIP protection)
Diplomatic Security Directorate
Signals and Communications Intelligence Directorate
Foreign Labour Directorate (monitors Brulafi workers abroad)
Economic Security Directorate
Due to most operations of the CIB falling under military secrecy, more detailed information about the government agency is not known.
Fixed-Wing Squadrons
Rotary-Wing Squadrons
Airborne Infantry Brigades
12. Airborne Brigade, Drayton
Notes: Stationed in People's Republic of Chuli 1985-1994, advisors and combat forces
13. Airborne Brigade, Wells
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