Zokesian Royal Air Force

ZRAF Zokesian Royal Air Force
Founded		February 17th, 2057
General Nature		Military
Headquarters		Zokesia
Insignia
Roundel Roundel (Low Observable)
Aircraft flown
Attack		B-52, Z-90 Crusader
Fighter		Z-80 Fox, Kaminari, F-52 Kargadan
Helicopter		ZH-2 Goshawk
Transport		MZ-22-4 Albatross, T-133 Super Redhead
Tanker		KZ-10A Paladin
Membership		{{{members}}}

The Zokesian Royal Air Force (ZRAF) is the air service branch of the Zokesian military, and serves as the De Facto air force of the Confederacy of Arcovii-Zokesia.

History

The Zokesian Air Force has seen battle both at home and abroad, participating in the Zoke-Sovie War, the Doren War, Red Horde War, Doren War, 1st and 2nd Continental Wars, and many other operations.

Liberation of NeoZokesia

The air war in Zokesia raged over the province of Ward, where Sanctum fighters unsuccessfully tried to gain air superiority against Zokesia's Gulls. Despite being regionally outnumbered 3:1, Zokesian jets took tactical superiority and destroyed 7 Sanctum fighters on the first day.

Zokesian GU-1 Fighters take down Sanctum Hammerheads in the air war over Zok.

Intervention in Vanadia

With the fall of the Vanadian economy entering its second year multiple border states rose up in the west against the govenrment. Zokesia backed the rebels of Lestweist Army (LWA) and the Rebellion of Tatar (RT). Initial attempts to establish air superiority were met with heavy resistance, and Zokesian forces pulled out in late 2060 after suffering high air casualties. Zokesian high command later blamed a lack of air reserves as the reason for this pullout, fearing the ground forces were at risk from the air. A nonagression pact was signed between Zokesia and Vanadia.

The Delras Rebellion

In January 2063 Owila's government changed from Communist to Democratic-Republic, and the state of Delras broke away resisting this change. Following a large number of fighter sweeps by the Zokesian Air Force the Delras fighters rose to meet them, and in the ensuing day of air battles 20 of the Delras Communist Air Force were shot down, at the cost of 15 Zokesian planes. Once local air superiority was established the Zokesian Air Force deployed its Stealth Bombers, taking out the remaining Delras AAA sites, Badgers, and any other targets of interest.

Zokesian units rolled into the port city and the capital following scores of Blackout sorties and air superiority taken. AAA sites were destroyed first, followed by the remaining insurgent vehicles from the air. The sky was filled with hunter-killer stealth bombers, hunting down the fleeing Communists. The 7th Mechanized rolled into the cities without resistance and began securing government buildings and establishing bases to perform anti-insurgency operations from.

Three days later, the Delras Communist Insurgency formally surrendered to Owlia and Zokesia, ending the Delras Rebellion. Though the war lasted almost two years, Operation Freetown succeed in just three weeks. Zokesian Armor and Air Force held their heads high in their stunning success and ingenuity, operating and wiping out an enemy so far from home.

Zokesian Jets over Phosphor, 2082.

Doren War of 2081

On January 1st, 2081 Albert Yosif, Prime Minister of Zokesia, fell gavely ill following a shellfish dinner at parliament. As he lay in the hospital in serious condition, Chancellor Francisco Grail quickly assumed power as Acting Prime Minister, to the disgust and anger of the Social Republicans, who walked out during a vote on Agriculture. Grail declared emergency powers and forced a vote to declare war on the Collective Provinces of Doren with the remainder of parliament well in Steel Pact majority:

"Today is the time we awaken the spirit of Zokesia. The people are awakened and it is time to reclaim our rightful place in the sun! Doren's communist ways can not be tolerated and the people of the continent will be liberated!"

Following the speech, Zokesian units, which were stacked up in staging areas on the Doren border in Phosphor under the premise of training purposes, crossed the border at breakneck speed. Rhodies, M6s, HVHLs and their support weapons flew across the fields into Eastern Doren.

Z-117B Blackout II

B-200 "Skipjack" Stealth Bombers launched probing sorties from Zokesia an hour prior, in high altitude surveys, targeting Doren airbases. Units in Eastern Doren were identified and information sent to high command, where Zokesian units will attempt to encircle and destroy them. Airbases were targeted by GPS for the 65 medium range ICBMs stationed in Phosphor to wipe out as many planes on the ground as possible. No warning would be given as the B-200's detection range was at maximum 19 kilometers for AWACs, and sorties were carried out at 28-30km altitudes. Missiles launched in arcs gave no more than 20 seconds warning time from detection to destruction, targeting 5 planes on the ground with each missile. Around 300 of Doren 's planes were wiped out on the ground in the first wave.

Hundreds of Zokesian Z-90 jets took to the skies in Anti-Fighter sweeps, looking for any Doren jets that survived the first wave of MRBMs. The dogfight ended up a defeat as the brunt of the Doren Air Force was mobilized to the east, but Zokesian fighters flew valiantly in the face of the enemy against long odds.

The defeat of the Zokesian and Halcian expeditionary forces in Phosphor prompted the evacuation of what remnants remained. The Air forces still left in Phosphor (around 200 planes) flew off the night before, to bases in southern Halco en route and eventually to Aenia. Skipjack stealth bombers made quick dives into atmosphere dropping Bombs with little effect to try and cover the orbital transports evacuating the command posts and support equipment.

In the face of defeat, Grail began an extreme rearmament program, pooling resources from across the Federation to rebuild the defeated ground and air units. A new Air Force was built in the span of just a few months, with the new squadrons ready to fight in December 2081.

Z-90 Crusaders fly CAS over Wo' during Operation Shady Sands.

Additional Zokesian fighters, scored from nations across the globe, organized for a second wave of combat. 400 fighters were deployed to Angvarden to assist in their defense and 1000 hopped from Bravis to Aenia to support the western campaign.

On August 12th, 2081, Massive numbers of Coalition aircraft swept south in air superiority sweeps over the remains of Phosphor. The swirling cauldron of ash, smoke, burning fires and heavy clouds scatter the brown and gray landscape. The fighter package consisted of 350 Z-90s, 40 AF-9C Liberties, 90 F-156Zs 222 F-17EXs, and 30 K-126U1s from a combined force made up of Zokesian, Halcian, Cloweish, Wovian, Karlandian and Mechani Ace pilots. Their mission was to eliminate any remaining Doren fighters in the east, and they tore a path of destruction south through Doren with the support of the Cloweish Imperial Military. Under the command of now Field Marshal Gordon Simon Kirman, The Eastern Army, assembled from Cloweish, Karlandian and Halcian ground units along with the remains of the Zokesian vehicles, crossed into the territory below Halco and towards phosphor and defeated the remains of Doren in two weeks. The last remaining Doren survivors shot themselves into the sky to a new home on Dres, away from Kerbin.

Great Kerbin War

Zokesia's participation in the Great Kerbin War was Operation Shady Sands, which leveled the ground forces of Wo' from the air. The opening salvos of the conflict with Wo' began on the morning of March 14, 2083, as 20 Blackout B-100s swept over Wo' making attacks against outlying anti-air batteries. B-100s accounted for 60 ground based gun batteries, with an average kill rate of 3 targets / sortie.

The second wave of attack came from 100 Z-90s equipped with x6 CB-87 Cluster Bombs and x4 AGM-114 Hellfires. Wo' armor was quick to respond to the incursion, throwing up a hail of lead at the intruders. Zokesian pilots suffered 20 planes lightly damaged, 4 severely damaged, 1 lost, and 75 unscathed. They destroyed 275 ground units, or 2.75 targets / Sortie.

Sahren Intervention

Z-80Es down Sahren jets over Bastia, 2147.

In the opening days of the war, a whistleblower in the Sahren high command informed the Zokeisan Air Force some fifty advanced fighter jets were going to be sent in secret to support Arcadia, to test them in battle following their production. Sahr already had volunteers fighting against Arcadia, and the reasons for this defection were unclear; but the reaction from the air force was timely and swift. Sixty Zokesian jets from 3rd and 4th Air Wings - made up of Z-80s, Kaminaris, and F-52 Kargadans, took off from Schrschnell as the Sahren force assembled to fly east. Slashing into the formations, the zokesians downed nearly every single jet to a man, while suffering only five losses of their own. The Sahren government objected and claimed Zokesia violated their airspace, but the international community turned away from Sahr when it was revealed they were sending said fighters to fight the "evil in our time" - The arcadians.

Zokesian Royal Air Force Z-80Es in standard Air Force colors, 2159.

Organization

The Zokesian Royal Air Force is comprised of 5 Fighter Groups, tasked with Air defense of Zokesia. Each fighter group has 3 separate squadrons of fighter aircraft. The strength of each fighter group is 10 Z-80, 10 F-52J Kargadan, and 10 "Kaminari". Additional support from foreign imports began in 2140 and increased steadily during the Zokesian Civil War, with outside aircraft making up over 50% of the Air Force by 2144.

The Z-80 has been a staple of Zokesian frontline fighter service in one form or another since 2065, and the newest versions are dedicated air to air fighters with the purpose of taking air superiority from the enemy, though they are able to load ground ordinance once their primary task has been acheived. Alongside these, the Kaminari likewise is air superiority oriented and has little to no air to ground capability. The F-52J Kargadan, however, is designed to be a dedicated multirole aircraft, capable of precision strikes on ground targets, CAS, SEAD, DEAD, and air defense. A multi-purpose tool, the F-52J is well liked by its pilots.

Bomber Command is the name given to the Zokesian strategic command overseeing long range bombing operations. Their primary tool is the B-52, though in the past B-100 blackouts, V-4s, and other aircraft have been used for the purpose. 1st Bomber Squadron, based in Freetowne, has 5 Heavy bombers at their disposal and act as Zokesia's standoff deterrent to opposing nations.

Zokesian B-52C Over Kafrica, 2144.

Aircraft Inventory

T-133 Super Redhead refuels F-52X Stealth Kargadans over Zokesia, 2193.

Zokesian Royal Air Force Inventory

Aircraft	In service	Notes
Cyten Aerospace F-52J Kargadan	50
Ward Industries Z-80E-BIS Fox	50
Asagiro-Losos SRCAF Kaminari	50
B52 EP	5
T-133 Super Redhead	4
Ward Industries MZ-22 Albatross	5
Ward Industries KZ-10A Paladin	4
Cyten-Ward Industries ZH-2 Goshawk	8
Zokesia Skunkworks Z-117 Blackout II	64