[Little Ray]

Sounds valid to me. Can’t expect six F-22s to take on three regiments of Flankers.

If’n it were me, however, I would put the F-22s forward to in the Straights and have something less advanced (F-16s, F-15s, or, if we’re really, really lucky, F-35s) orbiting the tankers as backstops...

[Nowhere Man]

If’n it were me, however, I would put the F-22s forward to in the Straights and have something less advanced (F-16s, F-15s, or, if we’re really, really lucky, F-35s) orbiting the tankers as backstops...

I know the North Vietnamese had a similar strategy, they sent out their advanced MiG-21's out and left the older jets like the MiG-15's and MiG-17's orbiting their bases and other important targets. It was called the "Wagon Wheel" where if any U.S. or South Vietnam fighters got past the MiG-21's hopefully the 15's and 17's would take care of them.