Aerospace Defense Force (Hyboria)

Aerospace Defense Force
Active	22 July 1960 (64 years, 4 months as an independent service) 1 December 1910 (114 years as an organization)
Country	Hyboria
Type	Air force
Role	Aerial warfare Air defense Asteroid interception Nuclear deterrence
Size	550,000 active airmen 225,000 reserve airmen 175,000 civilians 8,000 manned aircraft 1,200 ICBMs 8 HALOS guns
Motto(s)	"Shield Against the Shattered Skies"
March	Nothing You've Ever Seen Before!
Commanders
Commander in Chief	Nelson Knox
Secretary of the ADF	Mason Knight
Marshal of the Air	David Richardson
Insignia
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The Aerospace Defense Force is the air and space force of the Hyborian Armed Forces. The ADF was first established as the Army Flying Signal Corps in 1910, later becoming the Army Aviation Corps in 1914 during the 2nd Hyborian Continental War as a more combat-oriented force. It would be tied to the larger army administration until the late 1940s after the end of the 3rd Hyborian Continental War when it’d be renamed to the Army Air Force. Following the Federalization of the continent however the force was separated from the army, as the mission profile of the air force expanded greatly to include ballistic missile defense, asteroid-interception, and emerging space exploration.

It would get its final name, the Aerospace Defense Force in 1960. In the post-Omandan Continental War environment, the ADF is one of the largest air forces in the world.

The ADF conducts independent air operations along with providing aerial support for the Hyborian Army and to the Hyborian Navy.

Organization

Air Defense Command

ADC is in charge of all ground-based air defenses in Hyboria. Working closely with the Continental Air Command, the ADC defends strategic and tactical interests in Hyboria against enemy attack. It also has deployable forces that can be assigned to the FAC, and to an army unit such as a division or brigade. It also works with the Space Command.

Forward Air Command

The Forward Air Command is the primary administration body for all deployed and expeditionary forces outside of continental Hyboria. Established in the 1970s as mobilization and preparation for the Hyborian entry into the Omandan Continental War. The FAC tackles the challenges that are encountered with expeditionary warfare and its impact on air forces. FAC is not in charge of any development of doctrine or training, but instead is the body in which Tactical Air Command and Strategic Air Command’s training and doctrine are conducted through. It also is the administrative body that all air defense units report to.

Tactical Air Command

Tactical Air Command is in charge of frontline aviation, and by extension with the Continental Air Command, regional air defense of Hyboria. TAC develops doctrine and training for fighter, interceptor, and ground attack pilots and aircraft.

Continental Air Command

Continental Air Command is in charge of fighter aircraft that protect Hyborian airspace. Two types of units assigned to the CAC exist, those who are permanently assigned for dedicated air defense and interception, such as the 223rd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, and those who are assigned to the CAC but can be deployed to the FAC as needed. CAC permanent units are known as Fighter-Interceptor Squadrons while non-permanent CAC units are known as Tactical Fighter Squadrons.

Aircraft inventory

Aircraft	Photo	Origin	Role	Version	Quantity	Comment
Combat Aircraft
Command-Aire F-15		Hyboria	Fighter aircraft	C D	200	Latest upgrades include AESA radar and new EW systems. To be used into the 2030s. Being replaced by the F-22 and F-15X.
Vortech-Wheeler Aerocraft A-10		Hyboria	Attack aircraft	B C D	300	Of 1,500 aircraft produced for the ADF, over half lost during the Omandan Continental War. Less than 300 remain in service. Unmanned D models to replace the single seat C model.
Sprint AeroSystems EF-111B		Hyboria	Electronic warfare	B C	70	Replacement not yet announced, to be used into the 2030s.
Command-Aire F-15E		Hyboria	Fighter aircraft	E	200	Used for strike and interception duties, being replaced by the F-15X in the interception and fighter role. Retained by these units for training purposes.
Vortech-Wheeler Aerocraft F-16		Hyboria	Fighter aircraft	C D	1,500	Majority of active aircraft have been upgraded to the Block 50/52 model. Reserve aircraft are still Block 40/42 model.
Command-Aire F-15F		Hyboria	Strike fighter aircraft SEAD	F G	450	Used as dedicated deep target strike and SEAD missions.
Command-Aire F-15X		Hyboria	Fighter aircraft	X	450	Purchased as a cheaper alternative to the F-22. Some 700 to be purchased in total.
Vortech-Wheeler Aerocraft F-22		Hyboria	Fighter aircraft	A B C D	400	A and B models being upgraded to C and D models. C/D models have new side-facing radar arrays. Fitted with a new targeting system, conformal fuel tanks, and new engines.
Sprint AeroSystems F-32A		Hyboria	Fighter aircraft	A	350	1,500 F-32 aircraft are ordered in total for the air force.
Sprint AeroSystems B-52H		Hyboria	Bomber aircraft	H	160	Used for long-range cruise missile launches.
Command-Aire B-1B		Hyboria	Bomber aircraft	B	100	Used in low-level penetration missions.
Sprint AeroSystems B-2		Hyboria	Stealth bomber	A	20