[Little Ray]

The USAF doesn’t want the role, but it doesn’t want to give it the Army. Its weird that way.
The isn’t a new thing. The B-17 was originally designed as flying Coast Defense Artillery. The USN immediately moved to limit how far out to sea the USAAC could attack ships. It took Pearl Harbor to end that dispute.

[hanamizu]

The B-17 was originally designed as flying Coast Defense Artillery. The USN immediately moved to limit how far out to sea the USAAC could attack ships.

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From what I’ve read, the Navy turned out to be right. B-17 turned out to pretty poor in the role it was designed for—attacking/sinking ships.