Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
SOF has deployment scedules but I get what you mean.
The Air force is so different from the Army that even though I was based next door to one for most of my career I know almost nothing about them.
I heard that y'all deploy individually meaning a flight or a squadron or whatever will have to send individuals for missions down range. It's not like the Army what deploys in Brigade (5000 folks) Division (15K) or Corps (40K) not everyone goes but most do. The people who stay behind have a good reason not to go and are the rear detachment who handles admin shyt in the rear and they still might go to replace dead or sick personnel.
This is correct. Unless they are sending a whole crew out for a plane, it's usually 1-3 cats from the same flight hopping on the next rotator.
It is extremely rare to see a whole unit go out (not including ST teams and stuff) at once.
Also remember a lot of cats don't go out at all. I know hella folks that have never seen the OCO funds hit their bank.