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Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior";p="
Are FACs actual units or are they individuals? If the latter, why not just have more of them?
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Individuals. And more FACs would just recreate the problem of having every platoon leader able to call in an airstrike. There are a limited number of planes; the number of FACs would be determined relative to that. And then they'd be spread out all over the front, most likely.
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AWACs cover very large areas...coordinating airstrikes is most of what they were designed for.
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Actually, I think they're designed for coordinating air movement -- like an airborne air-traffic control tower. Coordinating ground strikes isn't really their thing. They can vector planes toward a given area, but they can't tell them what to blow up once they get there unless it's a fixed or very obvious target.