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ok, you asked for the war... i will invite .50Kerry here - it is your friend after all[:D]

Good Luck... He's morphed into his other personality, "sven"...

So getting back to my lack of understanding what are the pro's and cons of have say 100% CAP?

Mon ame!!

ORIGINAL: heenanc

So getting back to my lack of understanding what are the pro's and cons of have say 100% CAP?

100% CAP is LRCAP - you can only fly 90% on true CAP - lots of pros and cons, and lots of opinions of pros and cons based on
1) who you are playing
2) what modification you are playing (if any)
etc.

Would need more details to make any discussion more meaningful.

So if you had a 100% CAP you would put all you fighters on patrol over the airfield and leave none to attack? 0% would free them all for attack?

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ORIGINAL: Terminus

Good Luck... He's morphed into his other personality, "sven"...

yes it looks like your friend[:D]

ORIGINAL: heenanc

So if you had a 100% CAP you would put all you fighters on patrol over the airfield and leave none to attack? 0% would free them all for attack?

No - not all of your fighters. The number of aircraft that actually get into the air is based on things like moral, airfield size, leader ratings like air, base support, supplies, HQ units that are in range... Things are not often "simple" in this game - [:D].

ORIGINAL: Murphie

ORIGINAL: heenanc

So if you had a 100% CAP you would put all you fighters on patrol over the airfield and leave none to attack? 0% would free them all for attack?

No - not all of your fighters. The number of aircraft that actually get into the air is based on things like moral, airfield size, leader ratings like air, base support, supplies, HQ units that are in range... Things are not often "simple" in this game - [:D].

True - not all your fighters, but (essentially) all your AVAILABLE fighters. Keep in mind normally you can only 90% of fighters assigned to local CAP - giving a 10% reserve of "available" aircraft.

LRCAP is the only thing with 100% fighter assignment - and what happens then (depending on distance to the covering base) you have only a percentage on station at one time - others are flying to and from the area being covered, being refueled, etc.

The best resources available are on Spooky's website (check the sticky in this section for links), and the thread labeled "must read threads.  Read this information and the manual and you will have a pretty good grasp on the game.