[Non-Sequitur]

certain POWERS were specifically CEDED to the central government by the STATES (which can be "taken back" by the states, too!!)and it was INTENDED that the federal government could/WOULD do NOTHING MORE than that limited amount of things

And which one of those POWERS specifically authorizes the federal government to have branch of the military called a U.S. Air Force?

[stand watie]

the power to "raise military forces for the common defense".

the Constitution does NOT enumerate the different sorts of forces that might be "raised". the FOUNDERS were SMART, but their crystal balls were broken when the Constitution was written, as they didn't foresee flying, space travel, lasers, computers, etc.

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