CONFEDERATION AIR  FORCE
AIR FORCE OF THE CONFEDERATION OF PALESTINE

INTRODUCTION

That’s a first attempt at getting a working CPAF orbat in conjunction with these in the rest of the region. The assumption was made that between maintaining a rather large army and the need to keep a substantial air force the air force will be taking the lions share of what is left of the defence budget after the army costs are subtracted. Hence a sizable air force which is relatively modern but still uses large numbers of older systems. Background on the Confederation and its international relations based on James Boshma’s CPDF article.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements
Narrative
Order of Battle
Background
Current Defence issues
Recent Military Actions
Organization
Notable units.
Personnel and Recruitment
Aircraft
UCAV
Ordnance
Appendix A. Unit names.

Acknowledgements 

To the all too many writers on Etranger from whom I shamelessly borrowed weapons, aircraft designs and ideas. Dan Hedbitch for hosting this as well as creating nearly all of the British aircraft I have in use with CPAF. David Gillon for graciously helping with ideas on aircraft designs and air forces in general in the 2300AD as well as providing stats for several of his aircraft designs. Irbid MRAAM is James Boshma’s with me creating Avions Al-Frangjeh as the company producing it. F-64 Osprey is Jason Weiser’s with F-64P an only slightly tweaked version. 

Narrative

The two pairs of Syrian Faucon IIs were flying parallel to the Confederate border when they turned sharply west darting over mount Lebanon. No Confaderate aircraft where showing anywhere close leaving the Syrians with the opportunity to quickly violate Palestinian airspace, get some recconaicance over military installations in Mount Lebanon and maybe some broken windows in the Druze villages there and dart out again. It was quite illegal and also nothing odd on either side of the Confederation-Syria border.

The supposed non existence of CPAF aircraft changed when a couple of Osprey’s suddenly darted from behind a peak in Mount Lebanon unleashing their AIM-104 missiles before closing the distance. Before the Faucon’s could react two had turned to fireballs in the sky and the other two found themselves engaged by the Osprey’s in the kind of fight that the more manouverable Ospreys excelled. Three minutes later all was over.  None of the Syrian aircraft would return. The first combat seen by F-64 on anyone’s hands had ended with clear proof of its superiority over its Dinant-Aerospatiale rival. 

Strategy magazine “The Mount Lebanon Incident”
Trojan Horse Editions
Nicosia December 2300
 
Order of Battle
Fighter Command

150 Tayeset “Ha'Barak” (25 Nesher C.5)
199 Tayeset “Ha'Saraf” (25 Nesher C.5)
248 Tayeset “Ha'Raam” (25 Nesher C.7)

106 Tayeset "Ha'Baz Ha'Sh'niyah" (25 Lightning F.5)

  69 Tayeset "Ha'patishim" (25 F-64P Osprey)
102 Tayeset "Ha'Namer Ha'Meofeef" (25 F-64P Osprey)
133 Tayeset "Ha'Zanav Ha'Kafoul" (25 F-64P Osprey)

101 Tayeset "Hakrav Ha'Rishona" (25 F-40P Cheetah)
105 Tayeset "Ha'Akrav" (25 F-40P Cheetah)
109 Tayeset "Ha'Emek" (25 F-40P Cheetah)

140 Tayeset "Nesher Ha'Zahav" (25 Lavi C.2)
117 Tayeset "Ha'Silon Ha'Rishona" (25 Lavi C.2)
115 Tayeset "Ha'Drakon Ha'Meofeef" (25 Lavi C.2)
116 Tayeset "Ha'Kanaf Ha'Meofeef" (25 Lavi C.2)

110 Tayeset "Abi-rei Ha-Tsa-fon" (25 Ayit C.10)
119 Tayeset "Ha'Atalef" (25 Ayit C.10)

100 Tayeset "Ha'Kamal Ha'Meofeef" (4 Guardian AEW)
131 Tayeset "Ha'Karnaf" (6 Atlas KC-5)

Maritime Command

120 Tayeset "Ha'Bienleomiet" (12 Artemis MRS.3)
193 Tayeset "Ha'Masokiet Ha'Ame'it" (12 Hornet T.1) 

Support Command

113 Tayeset "Ha'Tsira'a" (25 Tzefa C.1)
160 Tayeset "Ha'Koofroot Ha'Aponiet" (25 Tzefa C.1)
161 Tayeset "Ha'Koofroot Ha'Dromiet" (25 Tzefa C.1)

103 Tayeset "Ha'Piel Ha'Meofeef" (25 Atlas C.5)

107 Tayeset "Ha'Rosh Ha'Ariyeh " (12 Wo-171 Vampir)

118 Tayeset "Ha'Yass'uriet Ha'Rishona" (38 Wo-170 Fledermaus)

141 Tayeset "Ha'Ayal Ha'Nogakh" (25 Wyvern TC.1)
124 Tayeset "Ha'Kheref Ha'Matahafket" (25 Wyvern TC.1)
143 Tayeset "Ha'Tooky Ha'Manaf" (25 Whirlwind TC.8)
201 Tayeset "Ha'Akhat" (25 Whirlwind TC.8)

Background 

Among all the arms of the Confederation Defence Force the air force is the one whose traditions and units are most closely rooted to the old Israeli air force. Of the three countries that established the Confederation of Palestine in the early 21st century Israel had started with an overwhelmingly stronger air force compared to Jordan and even more so Lebanon. In the aftermath of the Twilight war, with the exception of a handful of Jordanian transport aircraft absorbed into Israeli formations the IAF was the only force with operational fighter aircraft. The fact is resembled in the modern CPAF order of battle, as effectively all the Confederation’s fighter squadrons trace their origins to IAF squadrons and while both Jewish and Arab are officially in use in practice Jewish is the predominant language of the service.

Continuing IDF tradition the CPAF is responsible for all aircraft and UCAVs in use by the CPDF whether used in army or navy support. Opinions over the practice are mixed with critics claiming that the needs of the army and the navy would be best supported by separate air corps under their direct control and that CPAF funding is skewed towards its Fighter command at the cost of the ground and maritime commands. Still the critics come usually outside the CPDF structure and the system has served the country well for a long time.

Current Defence Issues

The CPAF sees the Arabian air force as its main adversary with the Syrian and Iraqi air forces running as close seconds but considered to be less of a threat than Arabia. Since the departure of the A2BCFOR peacekeeping force relations between the Confederation and Arabia are constantly worsening especially given the frequent skirmishes between Arabian and Confederate troops on the ground, including the use of artillery. In the air things are relatively quieter but still airspace violations by both sides are quite common often resulting in dogfights between Confederate and Arabian aircraft that sometimes end to fire being exchanged.

In the Syrian and Iraqi borders, the situation while often tense is less so than in the border between the Confederation and Arabia. Still skirmishes are far from unknown the most recent being the Mount Lebanon incident back in October 2301. 
Over the Mediterranean while little love is lost between Greece and the Confederation the two countries maintain proper relations and do not have any direct disputes, most of their rivalry stems from problems between the Confederation’s Turkish ally and the Aimos Union nations, Greece and Bulgaria in particular. Thus while CPAF is quite ready to conduct operations in support of Turkey should that be required its force structure and procurement requirements are determined by the rivalries with Arabia, Syria and Iraq. Mock dogfights with Greek aircraft operating out of Crete and Cyprus do occur sometimes but the last time fire between manned aircraft has been actually exchanged was over 2 decades ago. 

The Confederation working in tandem with Turkey has made a concerted effort to achieve self sufficiency in aircraft production and its effort has been met with considerable success as the two countries domestically produce several types of aircraft and drone designs in addition to aircraft munitions. Most of the combat aircraft are designed and produced by the Turan-Rafael conglomerate established after the amalmagation of the two companies in 2265 with the Rafael branch handling Confederate orders and the Turan branch Turkish ones.

Recent Military Actions 

The Confederation has participated in several regional conflicts within the last fifty years. The CPAF played a smaller or larger role in most of them

The Kurdish-Iraqi War (2260):  The CPAF saw only limited involvement in the conflict providing air assets in support of the 397th Reconnaissance Brigade (then designated the 97th Commando Brigade).

The Kurdish-Armenian War (2267-2270): The Confederation involvement in the conflict was limited with the 301st Parachute Brigade and various units of the Special Warfare Group deployed in support of the Kurdish army. The CPAF provided assets in support of air assault and insertion operations conducted by the CPDF ground forces.

3rd Aegean War (2274):  The CPAF and the navy did the brunt of the fighting on the Confederation side. With the THK having suffered heavily from massed strikes by Greek navy arsenal ships and the Greek and Bulgarian air forces in the opening hours of the war, CPAF squadrons had to be hastily redeployed in Anatolia with heavy fighting also ensuing over the Eastern Mediterranean. CPAF generally gave a good account of itself but at heavy cost and the casualties would affect its performance in the 3rd Arabian War 6 years later.

3rd Arabian War (2280-1): The CPAF had to rely on Turkish air support in holding back the Arabian drive towards Amman. The situation improved as attrition took its toll on the Arabians who had to face both the CPAF and forward deployed squadrons of the Turkish air force (as well as a couple of Kurd squadrons) for the Syrian entry in the fighting to return some balance in the air war.

The Cyprus incidents (2281): The geographic position of Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean was inevitably affecting to some extend air operations once Syria entered the 3rd Arabian war since Greece was neutral. Violations of Cypriot airspace, mostly accidental, by Confederate aircraft led in a number of occasions to fire being exchanged with Greek fighters scrambling to intercept them. Although a small number of CPAF F-40Ps and Greek BoRT-13s were lost in these both sides avoided escalating things beyond that.

The Mount Lebanon incident (2301): This was the latest of a number of skirmishes between Syria and the Confederation in the years after the end of the 3rd Arabian war. Four Syrian Faucon IIs were shot down.

Tensions with Arabia (2287-present): Constant skirmishing between the Arabian and Confederate armies is taking place since the departure of peacekeepers in 2287. The CPAF often has to support the army in its operations as all military aircraft are under its control and several skirmishes with Arabian aircraft have taken place over the years.

Organization

 The CPAF is organized in the Fighter, Maritime and Support commands. The Fighter command controls all combat aircraft and fixed wing UCAVs. The Maritime command, the smallest of the three, is dedicated on naval operations with one squadron of patrol aircraft and one squadron of light tiltrotors the latter operating from Confederation Navy ships. The Support command is dedicated on army operations controlling all gunships and transports but also provides transports as needed for other tasks as well.
 
Unmanned air vehicles are playing an important role to any modern air force and that of the Confederation is no exception. The CPAF is operating three squadrons of Nesher UCAVs for point air defense of high value targets and the country’s major cities, although the type is also has a secondary reconnaissance and SEAD capability.
All other UAV, UCAR and strike UCAV are incorporated into the manned aircraft squadrons.

Notable Units
 
150 Tayeset “Ha’Barak”

Armed with nuclear tipped Jericho missiles at the time of the Twilight war the squadron was reconstituted in 2238 as one of the Confederations UCAV squadrons and named Barak, “Lightning”. Nowadays the squadron is armed with the Nesher C.5 air defence UCAV and is responsible for protection of targets in the north of the country.  

199 Tayeset “Ha’Saraf”

Another ballistic missile unit from the time of the Twilight war, the squadron was reconstituted in 2239 and named Saraf “Serpent”. Nowadays the squadron is armed with the Nesher C.5 air defence UCAV and is responsible for protection of targets in the south of the country.  

248 Tayeset “Ha’Raam”

Raam, “Thunder” squadron was organized in 2256 again taking the number of an IAF ballistic missile unit at the time of the Twilight war. The squadron is currently armed with the C.7 variant of the Nesher air defence UCAV and officially is supposed to operate in support of the 150 and 199 squadrons. In reality while the C.7 can be used in the air defence role it has been modified to operate for strategic reconnaissance and SEAD/penetration missions.  

Personnel and recruitment 

The Confederation armed forces are largely depending on universal military service for their manpower needs and this is also holding more or less true for the air force and the navy as well as the army. Conscripts, serving 3 year terms, are covering most support positions, form the bulk of the ground defence units responsible for protection of CPAF bases and installations to specialist positions for which they can be sufficiently trained during their service.

The conscripts are supplemented with a heavy leavening of professional personnel that makes up the spine of the force. Air force servicemen can volunteer upon completing their second year of service to sign up initial 6 years contracts with the air force. Post doing so, most are transferred to technician and specialist programs.
 
NCOs and officers are strictly professionals. NCOs are promoted from the ranks with men that had shown leadership potential during their service and signed up to join the air force sent up to NCO school. For officers the same process followed by the army is used with the notable exception of aircraft engineer positions as well as pilots and UCAV controllers. Aircraft Engineer officers, usually no more than two dozen is year are trained in the Turkish Air Force academy. For pilots and UCAV controllers the CPAF is maintaining its own school although most flight training is taking place again in conjunction with Turkey as Anatolia provides rather more ample airspace for the purpose than the Confederation. To that end the two countries maintain a jointly funded fleet of trainer aircraft.

While CPAF pilots do not have the same uncontested superiority over their Arab neighbours that their Israeli forefathers enjoyed they remain highly trained and competitive. They are generally thought as being on average relatively better than Arabian pilots, though the margin is not all that extreme, and clearly superior to Syrian and Iraqi ones. In joint exercises and operations they have tended to perform relatively better than their Turkish counterparts as well which has caused some chagrin on the part of the THK which enjoys rather more resources to work with compared to her junior ally.

Aircraft 

Old Israel had developed a notable aircraft industry before the Twilight war. After a temporary eclipse in the first decades of the 21st century the aerospace industry was revitalized post the establishment of the Confederation. Today the Confederations aircraft industry is producing a wide range of manned and unmanned air vehicles more often than not in cooperation with Turkey.  

Lightning F-5

Till recently the CPAF did not have interceptor aircraft due to the high operating and acquisition costs and as its F-40 Cheetahs were considered sufficient to deal with the Aquilon fighters in Iraqi and Arabian service. 

Arabia’s purchase of Raiden interceptors from Japan as part of the reorganization of its armed forces in the aftermath of the Hormuz islands war with Iran in 2294 and the transfer of some 20 Simoom C interceptors to Iraq by France in 2300 changed the situation for the worse. Hence the Confederation turned to Britain ordering 25 Lightning F-5. Currently there is debate inside the CDF whether a further order to equip a second squadron should be made.

F-64P Osprey

CPAF start looking into a replacement for its F-40 Cheetah fighters in 2295 with an RfI for 150 aircraft following the next year and the competition held in 2297. The French Faucon II was quickly dropped as technically inferior to the other competitors; the Fury followed due to high cost considerations, the Manchurian Type-41 Flashdance as Manchuria was not willing to release several of its subsystems and for the same reason Br 132 Wespe was dropped. 

This left the older Bremen Br-54 Hornisse and the F-64 as the final contenders. Osprey won with relative ease especially given the relatively closer ties with America and the CPAF already using the older F-40. In December 2297 an order for 100 aircraft was placed with an option for 50 more.

The option is expected to be activated sometime after 2305 as the economic requirements of the purchase of the Lightning coupled and the ongoing production of the Lavi has forced the CPAF to modify its timetables. Strong voices inside the service though are calling for the reduction of the number in favour of purchasing more Lightnings, Lavis or even a mix of Lavis and Lightnings instead. In the meantime CPAF is taking delivery of the final 25 aircraft of its original order which will equip 101 Tayeset as well as an additional order of 3 aircraft to replace attrition and is quite pleased with the aircraft.

The CPAF is operating the –P variant of the aircraft that is similar to the standard American version but is modified to use Palestinian ordnance as well and incorporates a point defence system, the German LRA-07 standard with all Confederation aircraft. 
The incorporation of the PDS system has slightly increased the weight of the aircraft at the cost of a small reduction of top speed.
 
F-64P Osprey
Nation: America, Texas, Tanstaafl, Palestine 
Crew: Pilot
Weight: 12,900kg
Armor: All Faces: 2
Armament: 1 M73 20mm VRF Mass Driver, 8 Missile/Bomb hardpoints
Point Defence: 1*LRA-07
Evasion: 22
Sensor Range: 350km (+3)
Signature: -2
Max Speed: 2.450 kph
Cruising Speed: 1,982 kph
Combat Movement: 4,900m
Endurance: 4 hours
Price: MLv 3.5

F-40P Cheetah

The F-40P is the designation of the export version of the American F-40 Cheetah fighter in use with the Confederation of Palestine. Introduced in American and British service in the mid-2260s and in Confederation service in 2270 the Cheetah was the primary air superiority fighter of the Confederation till the introduction of the Osprey seeing extensive action and produced under licence by Turan-Rafael Aerospace. About 75 aircraft are still in service and 50 of these are receiving refurbished avionics and the ability to use the AIM-95 and AIM-104 air to air missiles in order to remain in service till the second batch of F-64s is procured and delivered.

Turan-Rafael Lavi C.2

The Lavi (Young Lion) is an indigenous multirole fighter, designed and built by the Turkish-Palestinian Turan-Rafael Aerospace conglomerate. Intended as a replacement for the older Ayit strike fighter, the official requirement called for a multirole fighter optimized for the strike role but retaining significant air to air capability (unlike the Ayit which was a pure strike aircraft). The resulting design may not be as good as more specialized designs like the Tempest but has proved a capable strike platform with decent air to air capabilities; Confederate pilots consider it superior to the older F-40 and Syrian Faucon IIs in the role though not as good as the C-29 Flecha in Arabian service.

About 100 Lavis are already in service with CPAF and production continues both by Turan for the Turkish air force (where the aircraft is known as Aslan) and Rafael which has confirmed orders for 75 more airframes from CPAF and 50 from the Kurdish air force. The aircraft has seen some export beyond the Turkish-Confederation-Kurd alliance as well with Rafael having orders for 20 aircraft from Eritrea and 40 from Rajastan while Pakistan has ordered 60 of the Aslan variant from Turan aerospace.

Lavi C.2
Type: fighter-bomber 
Crew: Pilot 
Weight: 10000kg 
Armour: All faces 3 
Armament:  2 M73 20mm VRF Mass Driver, 8 hardpoints
Point Defence: 1*LRA-07
Evasion: 15 
Sensor Range: 350km (+2) 
Signature: -3
Max Speed: 2000 kph 
Cruising Speed: 1500 kph 
Combat Movement: 4000m 
Endurance: 4 Hours
Price: Lv3,000,000

Turan-Rafael Ayit C.10

The predecessor of the Lavi, Ayit (Eagle) was the backbone of Confederate strike squadrons for several decades. A quite capable aircraft in its day the design is by now obsolete but with their rugged construction and heavy warload the aircraft are still useful in the close support role. The remaining aircraft belong to the upgraded C.10 variant introduced in the late 2280s and are being gradually replaced by Lavis.

Never a particularly good air combat platform Ayit suffered heavily when forced to face enemy fighters on its own even in its prime and that is even more so against modern fighters.

Ayit C.10
Type: Vectored Thrust VSTOL bomber 
Crew: Pilot 
Weight: 10000kg 
Armour: All faces 5 
Armament:  2x 30mm VRF Mass Driver, 8 hardpoints
Point Defence: 1*LRA-07
Evasion: 12 
Sensor Range: 200km (+0) 
Signature: -2
Max Speed: 1500 kph 
Cruising Speed: 1100 kph 
Combat Movement: 3000m 
Endurance: 4 Hours
Price: Lv2,000,000

Rafael-Turan Tzefa C.1

Tzefa (Viper) is a tiltrotor gunship designed by the Rafael division of the Turan-Rafael conglomerate. Fairly standard for its role the Tzefa is arming 3 squadrons of the CPAF’s Support Command as well as several aviation battalions of the Turkish army. A number of Tzefas has been also exported to Kurdistan. Primary armantment consists of the Manchurian Type 106 heavy plasma gun and Type 93 ATGMs.

Tzefa C.1
Type: Tiltrotor gunship 
Crew: Pilot 
Weight: 6000 kg 
Armour: All faces 3 
Armament:  1 Type 106 180MW Plasma Gun, 6 Type 93 Missile hardpoints
Point Defence: 1*LRA-07
Evasion: 14 
Sensor Range: 200 (+1) 
Signature: 1
Max Speed: 800 kph 
Cruising Speed: 600 kph 
Combat Movement: 1600 m 
Endurance: 3 Hours
Price: 1,250,000 Lv

Vickers-Foss Atlas C.5

Atlas is the primary heavy lift asset of the Confederation armed forces.  The single squadron in Confederate service is seeing heavy use mostly providing logistical support for all three services. The aircraft are also used to deliver the 301st Paratrooper brigade although the lift capacity available is not sufficient to lift the whole brigade.

Wolniak Wo-170 Fledermaus

Fledermaus is a medium transport X-wing capable of lifting up to 60 combat troops or 14 tons of cargo. The CPAF is operating 38 and there is some debate over additional purchases to form 2 squadrons with 25 airframes each instead of the single squadron currently operating them.

Wolniak Wo-171 Vampir

This is a special operations variant of the standard Wo-171. 107 Tayeset operating them is part of the Special Warfare Group.

Vickers-Yeovil Wyvern TC.1

A British variant of the Dragon III the Wyvern is gradually replacing the Whirlwind in Confederate service. 

Vickers-Yeovil Whirlwind TC.8

An older light tiltrotor Whirlwind saw extensive use with the Confederation but is now being replaced by the Wyvern. Fifty are still in service with about 30 more stored as attrition reserve.

UCAV 

Rafael-Turan Nesher C.5

A distinction is often made between high and low end UCAV designs with the first usually applied to platforms that don’t much differ in size and performance from manned combat aircraft and the second applied to what is essentially reusable cruise missiles.

Nesher (Eagle) falls in the first category and is a point defence interceptor in use with the Confederation, Turkey and Kurdistan sharing some design similarities with the Lavi. 

Nesher C.5
Type: Interceptor UCAV 
Crew: N/A 
Weight: 6000 kg 
Armour: All faces 4 
Armament:  M73 20mm VRF Mass Driver, 8 hardpoints
Point Defence: 1*LRA-07
Evasion: 18 
Sensor Range: 350 (+1) 
Signature: -2 
Max Speed: 3250 kph 
Cruising Speed: 2000 kph 
Combat Movement: 6500 m 
Endurance: 1,5 Hours
Price: 2,500,000 Lv

Rafael-Turan Nesher C.7

C.7 is a Nesher variant modified for strategic reconnaissance and strike missions.

Nesher C.7
Type: Penetration/Reconnaissance UCAV 
Crew: N/A 
Weight: 7000 kg 
Armour: All faces 4 
Armament:  M73 20mm VRF Mass Driver, 6 hardpoints
Point Defence: 1*LRA-07
Evasion: 20 
Sensor Range: 200(+2), 50(+6) (Ground Penetrating) 
Signature: -2 
Max Speed: 3000 kph 
Cruising Speed: 2000 kph 
Combat Movement: 6000 m 
Endurance: 3 Hours
Price: 4,500,000 Lv

Royal Masiran Defence Systems Hurricane

A low end air-launched UCAV the Hurricane is more a reusable cruise missile than a proper aircraft. Still under the right conditions is can be devastating and the Confederation has purchased about 50 of them for use with the Lavi strike fighters. Each Lavi can usually carry 2 Hurricanes in wing hardpoints. 

Avions Al-Frangjeh Roc C.7

An older low end UCAV. Roc is air launched design of the Lebanese Avions Al-Frangjeh company that is still in use with the CPAF arming Lavi and Ayit strike fighters.

Ordnance

AIM-104 Stiletto MRAAM
 
Alongside with Osprey the Confederation has ordered several hundred Stiletto air to air missiles. In CPAF service Stiletto is supplementing the Irbid missile.

Avions Al-Frangjeh Irbid

A domestic Palestinian design the Irbid is broadly similar to the German Ohu missile and is the most common medium range missile in CPAF service. 

Irbid
Nation: Confederation of Palestine
Type: Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile
Launcher: 0kg
Missile Weight: 100kg
Range: 180 km
Guidance: Automatic
Homing Value: 28
EP: 10 
Attack Angle: Direct
Price: Lv 18000

AIM-95 Scimitar SRAAM
 
Another weapon bought together with the F-64P AIM-95 is supposed to replace the Spatz in service although it will be several years before this actually happens.

Spatz

The standard SRAAM in Turkish and Palestinian service, Spatz was built under licence by the Turkish MKEK for both countries but it starts to show its age by now and both countries have chosen replacements, the Spatz II in the Turkish case and the AIM-95 in the Palestinian one. 

Spatz
Nation: Germany
Type: Short Range Air-to-Air Missile
Launcher: 0kg
Missile Weight: 100 kg
Range: 40 km
Guidance: Automatic
Homing Value: 23
EP: 8 
Attack Angle: Direct
Price: Lv 8500

Dominion Dynamics Long Lance

This is a British long range, kinetic, point attack cruise missile. While aging, it is still quite capable and accurate as shown in recent fighting in New Africa. Intended for use against hardened targets, the Confederation is believed to have also modified a number with nuclear warheads.

Type 20 Maelstrom ALCM

A Manchu made air launched cruise missile code name “Maelstrom” by MAJICC, Type 20 has seen extensive use during the Central Asian War and was exported to Iran, Palestine and Turkey among other countries.

Type 25 Mace

Type 25 is Manchuria’s standard heavy anti-ship missile since the 2270s. Constantly being upgraded since then it is expected to remain in service for several more years. Licence produced by Avions Al-Frangjeh it is widely used in air, ship, submarine and shore launched variants.

Type 27 Mace-F

This is a land attack variant of the Mace also licence produced by Avions Al-Frangjeh.

Apendix A Unit Names

Squadron	Name	Translation	
69 Tayeset 	"Ha'patishim"	The Hammers	
100 Tayeset 	"Ha'Kamal Ha'Meofeef"	The Flying Camel Squadron	
101 Tayeset 	"Hakrav Ha'Rishona"	First Fighter Squadron	
102 Tayeset 	"Ha'Namer Ha'Meofeef"	The Flying Tiger Squadron	
103 Tayeset 	"Ha'Piel Ha'Meofeef"	The Flying Elephant Squadron	
105 Tayeset 	"Ha'Akrav"	The Scorpion Squadron	
106 Tayeset 	"Ha'Baz Ha'Sh'niyah"	The Second Eagle Squadron	
107 Tayeset	"Ha'Rosh Ha'Ariyeh"	The Lion Head Squadron	
109 Tayeset 	"Ha'Emek"	The Valley Squadron	
110 Tayeset 	"Abi-rei Ha-Tsa-fon"	The Knights of the North Squadron	
113 Tayeset 	"Ha'Tsira'a"	The Wasp Squadron	
115 Tayeset 	"Ha'Drakon Ha'Meofeef"	The Flying Dragon Squadron	
116 Tayeset 	"Ha'Kanaf Ha'Meofeef"	The Flying Wing Squadron	
117 Tayeset 	"Ha'Silon Ha'Rishona"	The First Jet Squadron	
118 Tayeset 	"Ha'Yass'uriet Ha'Rishona"	The First Albatross Squadron	
119 Tayeset 	"Ha'Atalef"	The Bat Squadron	
120 Tayeset 	"Ha'Bienleomiet"	The International Squadron	
124 Tayeset 	"Ha'Kheref Ha'Matahafket"	The Rotating Sword Squadron	
131 Tayeset 	"Ha'Karnaf"	The Rhinoceros Squadron	
133 Tayeset 	"Ha'Zanav Ha'Kafoul"	The Twin Tail Squadron	
140 Tayeset	"Nesher Ha'Zahav"	The Golden Eagle Squadron	
141 Tayeset 	"Ha'Ayal Ha'Nogakh"	The Goring Deer Squadron	
143 Tayeset	"Ha'Tooky Ha'Manaf"	The Smashing Parrot Squadron	
150 Tayeset 	“Ha'Barak”	The Lightning Squadron	
160 Tayeset 	“Ha'Koofroot Ha'Aponiet"	The Northern Cobra Squadron	
161 Tayeset 	“Ha'Koofroot Ha'Dromiet"	The Southern Cobra Squadron	
193 Tayeset 	“Ha'Masokiet Ha'Ame'it"	The Naval Helicopter Squadron	
199 Tayeset 	“Ha'Saraf”	The Serpent Squadron	
201 Tayeset	“Ha'Akhat”	The 'One' Squadron	
248 Tayeset 	“Ha'Raam”	The Thunder Squadron	

Copyright 2007, Demetrios Rammos