Originally Posted by
SOX80
Well, What I would want would be a 4+ Gen dedicated Red Air Sqn backed up by something that can provide accurate EW threat rep. Say some F16s with Learjet backup or even with their own dedicated EW pods. Clearly that is as likely as me making CAS so in all honesty I think we would be best off investing in accurate synthetic threat rep rather than coming up with a half arsed airborne solution. Maybe whilst contributing to some sort of pan European/NATO Red Air for LFEs?
The cost for developing accurate synthetic threat rep is often as much as actually providing live threat rep aggressor aircraft. The Americans fell foul of this, realised it’s not the sole way to go, which is why we are seeing them buy every bit of COCO red air they can lay their hands on.