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To: cpdiii
I think I am "gonna get" flamed.

Not from me brother. There is no reason for a separate Air Force. They should be integrated into the ground and naval forces. All the Air Force guys will scream and insist that there is a real need for a separate service but it's just another layer of officers.

59 posted on 08/20/2007 5:42:48 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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To: USS Alaska

Ground forces do not know how to employ aircraft. Not at the tactical level, and certainly not at the strategic. I’ve spent more than enough time on the ground with the US Army to know that most of their officers think in 2 dimensions, and rarely more than 50 miles from wherever they are at.

I say that having spent a lot of time trying to explain how a single aircraft can support efforts in 2 brigades, or more commonly trying to explain to battalions that aircraft can’t sit above them for 8 hours waiting for something to happen, while fights are going on 50 miles away.

The most common response was, “You’ll do anything we want.” This led me to believe many Army officers never took high school physics.

And having watch the US Army run helicopter resupply, I thank God the USAF runs the air bridge to Iraq and Afghanistan!


60 posted on 08/20/2007 6:14:55 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (I'm agnostic on evolution, but sit ups are from Hell!)
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