it is only maddening because the concepts are so brutally simple for retard proofing. the military as a whole operates as simple as humanly possible, ignoring the paper pushers who get bored if there isn't complicated shit, the vast majority of work is literally "do this, do that". you need a convoy to go resupply some outpost? easy. you'll need these 5 trucks to carry the load and these other 4 vehicles will be the protection. that is 10 men for the supply, 16 men on security. this is all off the top of my head with some scenario i made up, and i already have a general number of personnel, barring the on site soldiers within the fob. now let's try this logic on 500 f-16s. we will need multiple airfields, we need multiple anti-air and electronic warfare devices to defend the newly acquired 500 f-16s. we need 500 trained pilots, but we also need 500 more reserve pilots so we don't sortie these men constantly. the fuel needs to be supplied daily to ensure operations can go 24/7. the ammunition needs to be supplied daily, inspected and on rotation and loaded constantly for each sortie. this would require at least 10,000 men dedicated only to logistics to ensure everything moves as fast as possible. and you'd need at least 500 trained engineers/technicians to do maintenance with at least 5 men per team with similar training to ensure rapid repairs so they can sortie 24/7. the amount of men needed just for 500 f-16s to be in constant use will only add up. and i have not even touched on the security and teams that would be needed to protect the assets and what vehicles, ammunition and other essentials that they'd need for it.   xenon lights are legal, i believe. if not, the faggot cops in my area do nothing about it.
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