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VAQ squadron composition
- Thread starter midhusker
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4 jets (except VAQ-136 in Japan who has 5), and typically 6-7 pilots. A squadron will generally maintain 6 aircrews.
Brett
Yeah but for every pilot, you've got 3 ECMOs. That makes for approx. 24 aircrew, where legacy Hornet guys are doing business with significantly less. I would say your average at home flight schedule is a 2T2T2, sometimes more. You can, on average, count on one jet being down for some kind of maint. On det or deployment you can get into some fairly crazy cyclic ops where you're either flying, planning or sleeping.
Brett
Not particularly. We don't fly division everyday - not really part of our tactics, but getting 4 jets airborne is no problem. We also work pretty closely with the other Q squadrons to borrow jets or aircrew as necessary to get things done. Our size does have its advantages. Our DH screen rates are among the highest in Naval Aviation.
Brett
Definitely, our command rates are woefully low based on such a huge population and so few slots.