Originally Posted by
KenV
Actually, that's pretty damn "efficient". To put this in perspective, in WW2 it typically took four to five months for a B-17 to rack up 25 missions, or roughly 1 mission per week. Further, a carrier battle group does far more than generate aircraft sorties. It is not idle when it is not generating sorties.
So you're measuring the efficiency of a modern day carrier with a WWII land-based bomber?
To put a more modern perspective on it, 7 years ago in Kandahar, it was 7-days a week ops. Just saying like.