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Most Advanced Private Airforce.

It’s not a private air force. It’s a company that provides red air support to train US military aviators. They’ve been doing it for a while. They’re just upgrading their aircraft. This is ultimately a win for USN and USAF.
 
The article was fun to read though. What could be cooler to own than a stable of fast cars?

People went "ooh!" and clicked on the headline probably fall into two main groups. One, imagining something like Blackwater or Executive Outcomes* and the other only clicking for the entertainment and amusement.


* Have there been any other significant nongovernment entities who have actually owned (leased) and/or employed tactical aircraft, let's say anytime post-WWII.
 
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Jim123 said:
People went "ooh!" and clicked on the headline probably fall into two main groups. One, imagining something like Blackwater or Executive Outcomes* and the other only clicking for the entertainment and amusement.
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Reddit amuses me by having two defense subreddits: a “credible” and “less credible” one. When both are still the credibility equivalent of a bunch of virgins talking about sex.
 
Jim123 said:
The article was fun to read though. What could be cooler to own than a stable of fast cars?

People went "ooh!" and clicked on the headline probably fall into two main groups. One, imagining something like Blackwater or Executive Outcomes* and the other only clicking for the entertainment and amusement.


* Have there been any other significant nongovernment entities who have actually owned (leased) and/or employed tactical aircraft, let's say anytime post-WWII.
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These two companies come to mind - I think the Air USA is the one who bought the RAAF Hornets. There's another that flies A-4s that is always at Nellis to support exercises there. I'm not sure how you define employed. Their purpose to red air adversary support, so they're employed in that role.

http://www.atacusa.com/atac_aircraft.html
https://air-usa.com/aircraft
 
National TPS has a decent fleet of aircraft.

Edit: actually took a look, not as tactical as it once was? Still cool.
 
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Brett327 said:
It’s not a private air force. It’s a company that provides red air support to train US military aviators. They’ve been doing it for a while. They’re just upgrading their aircraft. This is ultimately a win for USN and USAF.
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Brett327 said:
These two companies come to mind - I think the Air USA is the one who bought the RAAF Hornets. There's another that flies A-4s that is always at Nellis to support exercises there. I'm not sure how you define employed. Their purpose to red air adversary support, so they're employed in that role.

http://www.atacusa.com/atac_aircraft.html
https://air-usa.com/aircraft
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Did you even lower yourself to the point you read this piece from The Drive? It specifies that it was for red air and names the company. Yet you don't seem to know that Air USA bought the RAAF aircraft?

While "private air force" is clearly to grab a headline, just for fun what would a private air force look like to you?
 
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