FACT - The K is severely performance limited
No, it isn't.
Performing combined ops would require more engineering and spares support than single type ops. It would be better to try for one det one type.
You don't need Eng support to run a Det. You need a GE and a phone. THAT'S IT. Any doubters should look to the near-100% serviceability of a certain long-standing K det.
We manage that one quite nicely without Adminers as well, curiously.
All you NEED for a det is 1 aircraft, 1 crew, 2 GEs. (or 1 crew, 2 GEs per aircraft). It works. We've done it, we've been doing it for a long time. No Eng det, no Ops, no Int cell, no 'DETCO', no army of adminers, coppers, movers, hangers-on, or anyone else. (OK, admittedly, you need some kind of J4 organisation to dove-tail it into everything else). It sometimes makes me think the Army / Navy have a point when they castigate our manpower levels...
Concur with the 'spares' thing though - although all that would need is twice as much space to store spares held on site - which is usually f**k-all to start with since we can't afford it.
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