First of all, you don't have enough aircraft for that many squadrons, and the only active procurement programs are the KC-46, B-21 and the F-35. Good luck getting Congress to fund life extensions for F-15 and F-16 aircraft slated to be retired.
Second, thanks to the early 2000s fuster cluck of taking rated pilots out of cockpits to put them in air conditioned trailers 'flying' drones, your cadre of experienced mid-level pilots are now all flying vacationers to exotic locales. Where are you going to get the pilots to staff all of these new squadrons, assuming that somehow you do come up with the extra aircraft?
In 1968, naval air was taking-in 70 people each week for AOCS at Pensacola. Today, the Navy takes in a few candidates every so often for OCS (AOCS was closed in 2007). Just where are the new airmen coming from for 74 new squadrons?
Since RPAs (drones) came into being, I think initially, the USAF took rated pilots out of the cockpits, to be RPA pilots. Now, the USAF takes people off the street, (or ROTC, or the USAF Academy) commissions them, and sends them directly to RPA pilot training. My son is one of them.
Last I heard, the USAF was 1,500 pilots short. I think a few retired USAF Officers, were involuntarily called back to active duty. The USAF will have to pay pilots more, but I think another issue, is to remove the career irritants that drive the pilots out.
I knew a USAF Academy graduate, who was a fantastic pilot. He was so good, that even as a full Col, he was still flying T-39s, as his normal job. Later, they made him commander of a transportation squadron. This is what drives them out.
By the way, as a USAF enlisted man (E-7) we had career irritants that almost drove me out too, but I managed to survive long enough to retire.
Note to Wilson...
You are faced with another “Cold War” type buildup like the early 1960s. You need to train thousands of pilots in a short time and will be faced with losing them to the airlines.
Be ready for the challenge or you will go down in flames.
Thanks to the Kenyan Usurper, we are in deep shit, militarily.
I must reword the first sentence...WE are faced, etc.