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The '''Talaharan Air Corp''', ({{wp|Central Atlas Tamazight|Takelat}}: ''Šašhat N'Harbigna N'Talahara''; ⵛⴰⵛⵀⴰⵜ ⵏ'ⵀⴰⵔⴱⵉⴳⵏⴰ ⵏ'ⵜⴰlⴰⵀⴰⵔⴰ), officially the '''Talaharan Commune Defense Forces Air Corps''', is the aerial warfare branch of the [[Talaharan Commune Defense Forces]]. The TCDF Air Corps has a fleet of 538 aircraft, including just under 400 fixed-wing combat aircraft. The branch consists of 25,100 personnel with administrative assistance from the [[Talaharan Black Guard Corps|Black Guard Corps]] as well. The senior representative of the Air Corps at the Defense Committee is General Zidan Šawis. Wing Sergeant-Major Siman Anamar holds the elected representative seat.
The '''Talaharan Air Corp''', ({{wp|Central Atlas Tamazight|Takelat}}: ''Šašhat N'Harbigna N'Talahara''; ⵛⴰⵛⵀⴰⵜ ⵏ'ⵀⴰⵔⴱⵉⴳⵏⴰ ⵏ'ⵜⴰlⴰⵀⴰⵔⴰ), officially the '''Talaharan Commune Defense Forces Air Corps''', is the aerial warfare branch of the [[Talaharan Commune Defense Forces]]. The TCDF Air Corps has a fleet of 637 aircraft, including 488 fixed-wing combat aircraft. The branch consists of 25,100 personnel with administrative assistance from the [[Talaharan Black Guard Corps|Black Guard Corps]] as well. The senior representative of the Air Corps at the Defense Committee is General Zidan Šawis. Wing Sergeant-Major Siman Anamar holds the elected representative seat.


The main missions of the Talaharan Air Corps are air defense, local air superiority, and aerial border patrolling. The Air Corps also supports the [[Talaharan Navy Corps|Navy Corps]] in littoral defense and maritime aviation.
The main missions of the Talaharan Air Corps are air defense, local air superiority, and aerial border patrolling. The Air Corps also supports the [[Talaharan Navy Corps|Navy Corps]] in littoral defense and maritime aviation.

Revision as of 22:16, 2 January 2023

TCDF Air Corps
ⵛⴰⵛⵀⴰⵜ ⵏ'ⵀⴰⵔⴱⵉⴳⵏⴰ
Šašhat N'Harbigna
Talaharan Air Roundel.svg
Roundel of the Talaharan Air Corps
ActiveSince 1922; 102 years ago (1922)
Country Talahara
TypeAir force
RoleAerial warfare
Size637 aircraft
31,375 personnel
Part ofTalaharan Commune Defense Forces
Colours  Black
  Red
  Steel blue
Engagements
List
  • Liberation of Kirthan
Commanders
Commander-in-ChiefExecutive Council
Executor of DefenseTaos Jebar
Defense Committee Senior RepresentativeGeneral Zidan Šawis
Defense Committee Enlisted RepresentativeWing Sergeant-Major Siman Anamar

The Talaharan Air Corp, (Takelat: Šašhat N'Harbigna N'Talahara; ⵛⴰⵛⵀⴰⵜ ⵏ'ⵀⴰⵔⴱⵉⴳⵏⴰ ⵏ'ⵜⴰlⴰⵀⴰⵔⴰ), officially the Talaharan Commune Defense Forces Air Corps, is the aerial warfare branch of the Talaharan Commune Defense Forces. The TCDF Air Corps has a fleet of 637 aircraft, including 488 fixed-wing combat aircraft. The branch consists of 25,100 personnel with administrative assistance from the Black Guard Corps as well. The senior representative of the Air Corps at the Defense Committee is General Zidan Šawis. Wing Sergeant-Major Siman Anamar holds the elected representative seat.

The main missions of the Talaharan Air Corps are air defense, local air superiority, and aerial border patrolling. The Air Corps also supports the Navy Corps in littoral defense and maritime aviation.

The TCDF Air Corps was founded in 1922 with the advent of combat-effective fixed-winged aircraft. Previously, military aviation and aerial reconnaissance units were maintained by both the Army Corps and the Navy Corps. The early Air Corps had two major divisions: the wing division and the airship division. The airship division declined in use and development as fixed-wing aircraft advanced to faster, well-armed, and comparatively more durable units. In 1936, the Air Corps was reorganized with airships taking an ancillary role.

The new organization replaced the two air divisions with a set of air groups under a central command group. At present, there are six air groups, including the command group. Each air group generally has two wings under their command. Each wing has its own airbase, housing up to three squadrons.

History

Talaharan semi-rigid airship, c. 1908

Prior to the inception of the Air Corps, balloons, airships, and early fixed-wing aircraft had been employed by both the Army Corps and Navy corps as observation platforms and limited bombing units. The Second West Scipian War saw the introduction of massed air doctrine in the region. While the United Communes of Talahara did not participate in the conflict, independent observers reported on novel use cases and the development of air doctrine to the military theorists of Talahara. In 1922, the TCDF Air Corps was founded as the fourth branch of the Defense Forces.

The new Air Corps was divided into two divisions. The first division consolidated the dirigible airship assets of the Army Corps and Navy Corps into a single organization, with airship groups as the immediate subgroup assigned to land or sea missions. The second, initially smaller division was the wing division, with three wing groups eventually filled with three squadrons of fixed-wing craft each. Throughout the 1920s, the wing division grew substantially, with three wing groups growing to five by the end of the decade. Fixed-wing technology was also advancing rapidly, accelerated in Talahara with the 1933 Joint Development Agreement with Tyreseia and the covert acquisition of foreign aircraft. At the same time, the airship division remained largely stagnant. Faster fixed-winged aircraft were able to enter and exit target zones for reconnaissance faster than the airships, and the dirigibles were too slow to evade fire from planes in exercises, even despite the fact that they could bombard targets from higher elevations. As the use cases for airships diminished, the airship division began to crawl back their numbers.

In 1936, the Air Corps was reorganized into four air groups, with wings organized beneath. The airship division was effectively folded into the fixed-wing division, with remaining airships merged into airlift or reconnaissance wings. For all intents and purposes though, the United Communes terminated further developments of airship technology. Fixed-wing aircraft would continue to advance rapidly. By the second half of the 1940s, jet engines were being developed for military applications. Talahara acquired a test engine in 1948 and had its first prototype jet fighter in the air by 1950. The AGMA Abelxir 60 first entered service in 1951, though only a handful was available for deployment during the 1951 Liberation of Kirthan.

AGMA Abelxir 60 jet fighter-bomber, c. 1953

The Liberation of Kirthan was the first service-wide deployment of the TCDF. The Army Corps's land invasion of the Yisraeli-backed Protectorate of Tarshish was backed by naval landings and air power. In addition to bombing strategic targets at the onset of the raid, Talaharan aircraft maintained air superiority and provided close air support for ground troops. The Liberation took two weeks, at the end of which the Protectorate surrendered and the territory was restored to the United Communes.

Despite the limited participation of jet fighters in the Liberation, the operation had served as a test case for several technologies and Talahara was quickly on the heels of other international developments in jet aircraft. The Abelxir 60's introduction as the mainstay of the air fleet would be followed soon with the first test flight of the NA6 Tiara in 1956. The Tiara would finally be introduced in 1961 and quickly entered into mass production, becoming the major element of the Air Corps by the end of the decade. The introduction of the Tiara also saw the air doctrine pivot towards an emphasis on air superiority and interceptors, paralleling advances in armour and artillery which, in theory, mitigated the loss of effective close air support.

By the latter half of the 1970s, military thinking had tempered on pure air superiority doctrine. Thus, the necessity for a multirole fighter had become evident to the Air Corps. The NA28 Spirit Wind introduced the United Communes's first multirole fighter. Less than a decade later, a dedicated attack aircraft variant was developed from the Spirit Wind, the NA28/36 Sunray. The most recent development in the Talahara fleet is the NA48 Chainbreaker, another multirole aircraft with greater payload capacity and advanced systems which entered service in 2004. Over the past two decades, active service aircraft have undergone major upgrades in payloads, electrical systems, and engine power.

Structure and organization

Air Command &
Development Group
Air Group 1 Air Group 2 Air Group 3
  • 1 Wing - Air Command
    & Flight School
    • 6× NA28/36T Trainer
    • 6× MT22 Dragonfly


  • 11 Wing - R&D
    • 17× X48/70 Chainbreaker
    • Classified projects


  • 1st Air Defense Battalion
    • 6× VT3 Sky Serpent SAM
    • 3× 15T0 Starstrike Interceptor


  • 2nd Air Defense Battalion
    • 6× VT3 Sky Serpent SAM
    • 3× 15T0 Starstrike Interceptor
  • 2 Wing - Strike/Fighter
    • 15× NA48 Chainbreaker
    • 15× NA28 Spirit Wind
    • 15× NA28/36 Sunray


  • 4 Wing - Strike/Fighter
    • 15× NA48 Chainbreaker
    • 15× NA28 Spirit Wind
    • 15× NA28/36 Sunray


  • 20 Wing - Advanced Fighter
    • 45× NA48 Chainbreaker
  • 5 Wing - Airlift
    • 21× OMT3 Griffon Vulture
    • 8× MI15 Leopard
    • 2× OAT57 Lifeline
    • 15× MT34 Heron


  • 9 Wing - Maritime Patrol
    • 12× MI15/50 Gannet
    • 6× NT11 Seamaster
  • 12 Wing - Strike/Fighter
    • 15× NA48 Chainbreaker
    • 15× NA28 Spirit Wind
    • 15× NA28/36 Sunray


  • 17 Wing - Strike/Fighter
    • 15× NA48 Chainbreaker
    • 15× NA28 Spirit Wind
    • 15× NA28/36 Sunray


  • 21 Wing - Advanced Fighter
    • 45× NA48 Chainbreaker
Air Group 4 Air Group 5 Air Group 6 Air Group 7
  • 14 Wing - Strike/Fighter
    • 15× NA48 Chainbreaker
    • 15× NA28 Spirit Wind
    • 15× NA28/36 Sunray


  • 15 Wing - Strike/Fighter
    • 15× NA48 Chainbreaker
    • 15× NA28 Spirit Wind
    • 15× NA28/36 Sunray
  • 3 Wing - Strike/Fighter
    • 30× NA48 Chainbreaker
    • 15× NA28/36 Sunray


  • 6 Wing - Interdiction
    • 15× NA48 Chainbreaker
    • 2× MT44 Raven
    • 2× MT22 Dragonfly
    • 2× OMT3/27 Black Vulture
  • 13 Wing - Strike/Fighter
    • 30× NA48 Chainbreaker
    • 15× NA28/36 Sunray


  • 18 Wing - Interdiction
    • 15× NA48 Chainbreaker
    • 2× MT44 Raven
    • 2× MT22 Dragonfly
    • 2× OMT3/27 Black Vulture
  • 7 Wing - Airlift
    • 21× OMT3 Griffon Vulture
    • 8× MI15 Leopard
    • 2× OAT57 Lifeline
    • 15× MT34 Heron


  • 8 Wing - Combat Transport
    • 45× MI15/51 Scarab


  • 10 Wing - Close Air Support
    • 36× NM47 Razorwind

The TCDF Air Corps has eight air groups, seven of which are standard operational groups. The first air group is the Air Command & Development Group (ACDG). The ACDG has two air wings: 1 Wing - Air Command & Flight School and 11 Wing - Research & Development. 1 Wing includes both the central headquarters for the branch and flight schools for helicopters, fixed-wing rotorcraft, and jet aircraft. The ACDG also commands two air defense battalions which are armed with anti-air and missile interceptor missiles. Air groups 1, 3, and 4 contain conventional multirole squadrons. Groups 5 and 6 have a mix of advanced multirole aircraft and AEW&C/reconnaissance planes. Groups 2 and 7 each have an airlift wing in addition to special mission wings, such as the 8 Wing combat transport helicopters or the 9 Wing Maritime Patrol squadron.

In general, each of the 19 wings maintains its own airbase. The exception is the ACDG which has assets strategically distributed across the 19 airbases. Central Air Command is located at the United Maktarim-Mestaɣanim Airfield. The ACDG flight schools are primarily based out of Gawawa. The six companies of the two air defense battalions operate in a ring of bases around Talahara's borders.

Equipment

Aircraft

Fixed-wing jet aircraft
Model Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
NA48 Chainbreaker
MU Roundel Mirage 4000.png
 Talahara Multirole combat aircraft 272 4+/++ generation, two 30mm internal autocannons and 14 hardpoints with 9.5 tonnes ordnance capacity
NA28/36 Sunray
62836 Sunray TAL.png
 Talahara Attack aircraft 126 4th generation, 9 hardpoints with 6.5 tonnes ordnance capacity
NA28 Spirit Wind
628 Spirit Wind TAL.png
 Talahara Multirole combat aircraft 90 4th generation, two 30mm internal autocannons and 9 hardpoints with 6.3 tonnes ordnance capacity
OAT57 Lifeline
KC-30 A39-002 refuelling an USAF F-16 (cropped).jpg
 Ottonia Aerial tanker 4 Fuel capacity of 111 tonnes, cargo capacity of 45 tonnes
Fixed-wing propeller aircraft
Model Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
OMT3 Griffon Vulture
Transall (5089484505).jpg
 Ottonia Transport aircraft 42 Cargo capacity of 16 tonnes, transport capacity of 93 infantry, 88 paratroopers, or 62 stretchers
MT34/38 Egret
Italian Navy, 41-02, ATR-72-600MUA (30416431048).jpg
 Talahara Transport aircraft 20 Cargo capacity of 7.5 tonnes, transport capacity of 78 infantry or 52 stretchers
MT34 Heron
Flybe Nordic, OH-ATC, ATR 42-500 (16454798771).jpg
 Talahara Transport aircraft 10 Cargo capacity of 5.5 tonnes, transport capacity of 48 infantry or 32 stretchers
MT44 Raven
S 100B at Malmen 2010-06-13 1.jpg
 Wazheganon AEW&C aircraft 4
OMT3/27 Black Vulture
F159 (15968851408).jpg
 Ottonia ELINT aircraft 4
NT11 Seamaster
Atlantic - RIAT 2006 (2457788396).jpg
Rubric Coast Partnership Flag.png Rubric Coast Maritime patrol aircraft 6 Carries two anti-ship missiles and internal bays for 2 tonnes of bombs, mines, or torpedoes
MT22 Dragonfly
Angled shot of Malaysia Air Force's Beechcraft Super King Air MPA.jpg
 Talahara ISTAR/trainer aircraft 10
Rotary-wing aircraft
Model Image Origin Type Quantity Notes
NM47 Razorwind
Russian Navy, Kamov, Ka-52K (21444723505).jpg
Rubric Coast Partnership Flag.png Rubric Coast
 Tsurushima
Scout/attack helicopter 36 One 30mm autocannon, 6 hardpoints with a capacity of 2 tonnes, deployed from Mass Akli-class helicopter cruisers or ground bases in support of Army Corps operations
MI15 Leopard
XW237 Puma Helicopter (24897093826).jpg
Rubric Coast Partnership Flag.png Rubric Coast Utility helicopter 16 Can transport up to 16 passengers or 10 stretchers, can be equipped with a door-mounted 20mm autocannon and two 7.5mm machine guns
MI15/51 Scarab
French Air Force EC725 lift off.jpg
Rubric Coast Partnership Flag.png Rubric Coast Medevac/tactical transport helicopter 45 Can transport up to 28 passengers or 18 stretchers, can be equipped with two 7.5mm machine guns and two unguided rocket pods
MI15/50 Gannet
French Navy EC225 (cropped).jpg
Rubric Coast Partnership Flag.png Rubric Coast SAR helicopter 12 Can transport up to 24 passengers or 16 stretchers

Missiles

Model Image Origin Type Notes
VT3 Sky Serpent
Crotale NG P1220851.jpg
 Wazheganon Surface-to-air missile
  • 11 km range
  • 9 km flight ceiling
  • 1,200 m/s top speed
  • 73kg overall weight
  • 13kg warhead
15T0 Starstrike
MBDA Aster p1220947.jpg
 Wazheganon Missile interceptor
  • 120 km range
  • 20 km flight ceiling
  • 1,531 m/s top speed
  • 450 kg overall weight
  • 15 kg warhead
ET0 Dark Sky
RAF Museum, Colindale, London - DSC06025.JPG
 Wazheganon Cruise missile
  • 560 km range
  • 280 m/s top speed
  • 1,300 kg overall weight
  • 450 kg warhead
0T1 White Night
Mock-up of a MBDA MICA missile in Taiwan.jpg
Rubric Coast Partnership Flag.png Rubric Coast Air-to-air missile
  • 60 km range
  • 1,400 m/s top speed
  • 112 kg overall weight
  • 12 kg warhead
66T1 Black Night
ILA 2008 PD 446.JPG
Rubric Coast Partnership Flag.png Rubric Coast Air-to-air missile
  • 200 km range
  • 1,550 m/s top speed
  • 190 kg overall weight
  • 25 kg warhead
AM39T2 Shipbreaker
Exocet AM39 P1220892-detoured.jpg
Rubric Coast Partnership Flag.png Rubric Coast
 Wazheganon
Anti-ship missile
  • 70 km range
  • 319 m/s top speed
  • 780 kg overall weight
  • 165 kg warhead
50T0 Sabre
Aasm5.jpg
 Talahara Precision-guided munition
  • 50 km range
  • 100 m/s top speed
  • 340 kg overall weight
  • 250 kg warhead
30T0 Falcon
AS.30.jpg
 Wazheganon MCLOS missile
  • 12 km range
  • 10 km flight ceiling
  • 450 m/s top speed
  • 520 kg overall weight
  • 240 kg warhead
24T1 Sunburst
Lockheed Martin Longbow Hellfire.jpg
 Talahara Air-to-surface missile
  • 11 km range
  • 450 m/s top speed
  • 49 kg overall weight
  • 9 kg warhead
27T4 Lance
Long Range Anti-tank Weapon HOT 3 - ILA2002-clean.jpg
 Wazheganon Anti-tank missile
  • 4.5 km range
  • 240 m/s top speed
  • 24.5 kg overall weight
  • 6.5 kg warhead

Ranks and insignia

Officer ranks

OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1
Insignia Messidor OF-9.png Messidor OF-8.png Messidor OF-7.png Messidor OF-6.png Messidor OF-5.png Messidor OF-4.png Messidor OF-3.png Messidor OF-2.png Messidor OF-1.png
Takelat name ⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵉⴳⵏⴰ ⴰⵎⵖⴰⵔⵉⴳⵏⴰⵏⴰⵢⵉⴱ ⴰⵎⵣⵡⴰⵔ
ⵏ'ⵣⴻⵔⴷⴰ
ⴰⵎⵣⵡⴰⵔ
ⵏ'ⵉⴼⵔⴰⵔ
ⴰⵎⵣⵡⴰⵔ
ⵏ'ⴰⴼⴰⵍⵉⵙ
ⴰⵎⵣⵡⴰⵔ ⴰⵎⵣⵡⴰⵔⵛⵉⵔⵡⴰ ⵎⴰⴽⵜⵉⴱⵙⵉⵏ ⵎⴰⴽⵜⵉⴱⵢⴰⵏ
Transliteration Amɣarigna Amɣarignanayib Amzwar
N’Zerda
Amzwar
N'Ifrar
Amzwar
N'Afalis
Amzwar Amzwarširwa Maktibsin Maktibyan
Translation General Vice-General Group
Commander
Wing
Commander
Squadron
Commander
Commander Adjutant-
Commander
Lieutenant II Lieutenant I

Enlisted ranks

OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-5 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2 OR-1
Insignia Messidor OR-9.png Messidor OR-8.png Messidor OR-7.png Messidor OR-6.png Messidor OR-5.png Messidor OR-4.png Messidor OR-3.png Messidor OR-2.png Messidor OR-1.png
Takelat name ⴷⵔⵉⵡⴰⵛⵀⵍⵓ
ⵏ'ⵉⴼⵔⴰⵔ
ⴷⵔⵉⵡⴰⵛⵀⵍⵓ
ⵏ'ⴰⴼⴰⵍⵉⵙ
ⴷⵔⵉⵡⴰⵛⵀⵍⵓ
ⵏ'ⴰⵢⴰⵍ
ⴷⵔⵉⵡⴰⵛⵀⵍⵓ
ⵉ'ⵎⴰⵎⴰⵜⴻⵔ
ⴷⵔⵉⵡⴰⵛ
ⵉ'ⵎⴰⵎⴰⵜⴻⵔ
ⵅⵓⵛⴽⵔⴰⴷ ⵅⵓⵛⵙⵉⵏ ⵅⵓⵛⵢⴰⵏ ⵜⴰⵍⵉⴱⵉⴳⵏⴰ
Transliteration Driwašhlu
N'Ifrar
Driwašhlu
N'Afalis
Driwašhlu
N'Ayal
Driwašhlu
I'Mamater
Driwaš
I'Mamater
Xuškrad Xušsin Xušyan Talibigna
Translation Wing
Sergeant-Major
Squadron
Sergeant-Major
Flight
Sergeant-Major
Watch
Sergeant-Major
Watch
Sergeant
Aviator III Aviator II Aviator I Air Cadet

See also