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Tengah Type
Despite all the gainsayers, this is not a major problem for the UK military. They are certainly all over it at the moment, but
are not announcing their plans on PPrune, for obvious reasons.
But if you look at what we could do with Victor/:Harriers to Belize and Victors/F4s to the Falkland Islands it should
not be impossible for Voyagers/Typhoon/F35 to Georgetown. After all the runways are 11,250ft long and British Airways
operate B777 from there. So possibly a reasonable capable airfield. We can also probably find a couple of "Daddy Hercules",
aka A400, to carry support crews and some khaki clad bretheren to assist.
Also we have a Flatop in the area, which we could populate with aircraft;
But you'd need ground security forces and some air defense to keep that Air Port of Entry into the theater open.
(Yes, I've had to do logistics planning in the dim and distant past). Not sure how robust Host nation is on that score, but if Nutty's opening post is close to the truth, bring your own.
Just in time for "Operation Deny Christmas!!"
Merry Christmas
Good call!
On the US side: starting from going into Somalia, we had Operation Deny Christmas events every year for a few decades somewhere in the world.
Back to Venezuela:
How long does it take to get an Amhpibious ready group from, say, Little Creek Virginia, on load a MEU and put an air group on the LHA/LHD/whatever, and bee bop on down to Guyana?
(I have a 'back of the napkin estimate" on hand, but I'll let you all argue about it).
The ARG could possibly sail in company with a certain carrier, with whom our Marine aviators have an existing working, relationship ... Op Deny Christmas indeed!
I'll send cookies.