And that's just one sqn [with 8 ac] going aboard QNLZ with all it's resources. Now try doing bare-base dispersal of assets in numerous locations. Where do the people [mainly engineers] come from, when 617 had to borrow from 207 to put their handful of jets on board
Not forgetting either that the US had double the crew, though they did have two more aircraft to add to the workload.