I suspect that the vGuys are frequently blamed for the hordes created by Chewie and the Alchemists.
You seem to miss a key point: Chewie's missions, have, for the last handful of months been supported and/or driven by vGuys. Not saying Chewie missions don't get their share simply because of the other factors, but when the vGuys were on Bish and a Chewie mission went up, you sure as bet an overwhelming majority of the vGuys would hook into it. Also (and I may be wrong as I couldn't find the original source) the vGuys and the Alchemists had some sort of 'alliance' (how that works, exactly, on the same country is a little fuzzy to me) to which they would each support the others missions.
When the vGuys were bish, you would always see the mission group as a massive horde, with little thought put forth in terms of tactics aside from numbers win. This isn't a guess either.. I had a public discussion with one of the vGuys over the fact they wouldn't go on their hvy fighter mission with any less than 40 planes. I asked him why they needed that many to hit a small airfield and was informed that it insured they took it. The base was showing no enemy activity at the time. When I probed further, I was told numbers always win and are superior to tactics. I was stunned, 40 men to take a field, a small field at that and that was the minimum they wanted. The conversation degraded at that point on all sides, but the thought processes had been shown. Now, to their credit, the vGuys don't always need 40 to take a base, this was just one of those glaring examples that persisted in my own mind.
There are alot of vGuys I do like, but that is when they are in small groups or solo, just so we are clear. Yet when they mass such as they do, they become like cicadas; you can't wait for them to go away for 17yrs.
Missions are one thing and will always have numbers, that is good. Numbers work sometimes and are a valid tactic to an extent, but I believe you will see better tactics from the remaining mission commanders.