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Originally Posted by JoeB
OTOH if longer and shorter legged a/c operate alongside one another, there would be pressure to allow lesser margins for the shorter range planes to extend the radius of the whole air group as much as possible.
The same book gives the radius of the TBD strike v Shoho as 170 miles and again I would assume that means statute miles.
Joe
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Such pressure would be resisted as grossly unprofessional and downright dangerous. The margins are there for good reasons determined by hard experience. In war there is always the suicide option, but it would not be planned for by the USN.