Air Force SOH

Military of Spirit of Hope
Motto	"Flying Spirit"
Founded	1913
Personnel
Active personnel	438,178
Expenditure
Budget	$243 Billion

The Spirit of Hope Air Force is the principal air warfare force of Spirit of Hope, a part of Spirit of Hope Armed Forces.

Organization

Command is broken out into four geographic regions, with the Region Commander being responsible for all military forces assigned to their army group, including land and naval forces. Air forces under a Regional Command are placed underneath a number air force, consisting of multiple groups.

Region	Air Force	Wings
Command North	III Air Force	1st & 3rd Fighter Groups, 2nd Bomber Group, 1st Transport Group
Command South	I Air Force	2nd, 5th & 9th Fighter Groups, 3rd Bomber Group, 3rd Transport Group
Command East	II Air Force	6th & 8th Fighter Groups, 4th Bomber Group, 4th Transport Group
Command West	VI Air Force	4th & 10th Fighter Groups, 1st Bomber Group, 2nd Transport Group

Personnel

Commissioned Officers

There are three primary routed by which officers are commissioned in the Spirit of Hope Air Force, the Air Academy, Officer Candidate School and Direct Commissioning.

The largest number of officers are commissioned by the Officer Candidate School, candidates are selected from applying civilians, recruits in basic training and junior non commissioned officers (NCOs) who show high leadership potential. All candidates must be over the age of 21 and under the age of 28 when training is completed, have a first class physical fitness test, and score above ZZ on the Air Vocation Test. Officer Candidate School lasts four months, before candidates are commissioned and sent to their primary occupation training.

The Air Academy is the second largest source of commissioned officers, it is a four year service academy open to all citizens over the age of 17 and under the age of 24.  

Direct Commissioning is the last way that officers are commissioned, it is primarily used for the recruitment of skilled personnel such as doctors, lawyers, and chaplains. Direct Commissioning is also occasionally used to promote especially deserving NCOs to the officer ranks when they are not eligible for Officer Candidate School, or in times of great need.

Pay Grade	O-1	O-2	O-3	O-4	O-5	O-6	O-7	O-8	O-9
Title	Junior Lieutenant	Senior Lieutenant	Captain	Major	Colonel	Brigadier	Lieutenant General	General	Field Marshal
Abbreviation	JLT	SLT	CPT	MAJ	COL	BG	LTG	GEN	FM

Warrant Officers

Warrant officers are single track, specialty officers with subject matter expertise in a particular area, they are equivalent in authority to a Senior Lieutenant, but are appointed instead of commissioned.

Pay Grade	WO-1	WO-2	WO-3	WO-4
Title	Warrant Officer	Chief Warrant Officer	Senior Chief Warrant Officer	Master Chief Warrant Officer
Abbreviation	WO	CWO	SWO	MWO

Enlisted

Enlisted members of the Spirit of Hope Air Force enter service through one of two Recruit Training centers, where they are trained for 8 weeks before being sent to their primary occupation training. Promotion to Airman is automatic after completing training, and promotion to Airman First Class is automatic after two years of good service.

One year after promotion to Airman First Class a soldier is eligible for promotion to Specialist, and if recommended by superiors will be appointed as a junior non commissioned officer. Further promotions requires compleating billet appropriate military education, and recommendation by a superior officer.

Pay Grade	E-1	E-2	E-3	E-4	E-5	E-6	E7	E-8		E-9
Title	Recruit	Airman	Airman First Class	Specialist	Corporal	Sergeant	Flight Sergeant	Master Sergeant	First Sergeant	Master Flight Sergeant	Sergeant Major
Abbreviation	RC	AIR	AFC	SPC	CPL	SGT	FLSGT	MSGT	FSGT	MFS	SGTM

Equipment

Combat Aircraft

The main combat aircraft of the Spirit of Hope Air Force is the Dassault Rafale, which are slowly replacing the Mirage 2000 family of aircraft. There are currently over 900 Active Dassault Rafale C's, 250 D's, and 450 E's, with 500 Mirage 2000-5 Mk2 and 200 Mirage 2000D accounting for the remainder of the tactical airframes.

The Spirit of Hope Air Force additionally operates 170 Tu-22M and 90 Tu-160's for anti ship, nuclear weapons, and long range bombing missions.

Support Aircraft

The Spirit of Hope Air Force operates a large number of support and transport aircraft, to maintain global operations and support the other branches operations. 80 heavy transports, 260 medium transports, and 440 light transports allow the Air Force to effectively move any cargo around the world, with 560 tankers ensuring all aircraft have the necessary range to conduct their required missions. 65 Airborne Early warning and control aircraft help direct combat operations to ensure air superiority.