This unit is based at Noumea, which is a size 5 airfield with 190,000 supply points. Its air HQ is the Seventh USAAF, which is also based at Noumea. The "command level HQ" for the air unit is Pacific Ocean Areas (I believe, because it is the HQ for Seventh USAAF), which is based at Pearl Harbor. AFAICT, this air unit should only be eligible if either: 1) Noumea is at least a size 7 airfield, or 2) Pacific Ocean Areas is within transfer range of the air unit. But neither of those are true.
The manual says one of the following must be true:
» The air unit is located at a base with an airfield size of 7+ and the base has over 20,000 supplies. Supplies will be expended at the base and the unit will receive damaged planes from the pool (they may
repair before the next orders phase during the repair phase).
» The air unit is located at a base and the HQ that the group is assigned
to is within transfer range of the air unit’s current or upgrading aircraft type and the HQ is located at a base with an airfield size of 7+ and has over 20,000 supplies. Supplies will be expended at the HQ base and the unit will receive damaged planes from the pool.
» The air unit is located at a base and the Command level HQ that the group is assigned to is within transfer range of the air unit’s current or upgrading aircraft type and the Command HQ is located at a base with over 20,000 supplies. Supplies will be expended at the HQ base and the unit will receive damaged planes from the pool.
» The air unit is located on a ship in the same hex as a base with an airfield size of 7+ (TF or at anchor) and the base has over 20000 supplies. Supplies will be expended at the base and the unit will receive damaged planes from the pool.