Originally Posted by
cokecan
i would expect him to know how many Typhoons or Tornado's he's got, they are after all his principle weapon system.
the number of Sqn's and how many are in each one is irrelevent to all but the spotters and would-be Sqn Cdrs, its the number of airframes, crew, sorties he can produce, how long he can sustain X operation that is of interest.
He's DCDS, not CAS (i.e. purple, not single service). I presume that's why he said "I'd have to ask the Air Force".