Originally Posted by Engines
Are people still denying that 15 Harriers based around 10 miles off the coast (and moved close up to Misrata, or another area of interest) could not provide a greater density of CAS cover than 15 land based aircraft operating from around 300 plus miles away?
Not 300 miles away. Try 600, i.e. a round trip of around 1,200 statute miles from Gioia del Colle to the nearest point of the Libyan coast.