The problem today is not with the Air Force, but with the policy makers. When you park the B52's you are telling the enemy and the world that there are things more important to you than military victory. More rubble means less trouble.
Ok, this gets my vote for most ignorant idea of the month.
F4J.......physical proof that if you put big enough engines in a brick, it will fly...
Your complaints should be directed against the leaders of the Air Force, not the policy makers.
More rubble means less trouble.Yup.
You can say that again.
One of my relatives was a fighter pilot in WWII, Korea, and finally Vietnam, where he gave his life destroying an important target and was awarded the Cross posthumously. The Air Force is VERY IMPORTANT.
But those were interesting points in the first post. It might make better sense to combine armed forces, making the AF a branch of the Army again.
Enuf said!!
Well said! I was Army, and I think it would be a mistake to abolish the AF.
Thank you Natural Law! One of my friends who is a Marine, served in Viet Nom said the same thing! GO AF!
Aaahh! Thanks for the memory. Flying from a base during the Vietnam conflict that hardly had a jet engine anywhere except in the Superjollygreen helicopters, the general feeling about fast movers, was they couldn’t hit a bull in the ass with a base fiddle. That was a fair generalization from a base full of radial engine straight wing bombers and fighters.
Reality might have been a little different, but really close air support was the forte of the SAR “Search and Rescue” forces and they were really good when it counted which was always. Fast forward to today, with smart weapons that are so much more accurate than the iron bombs of yesteryear, and I’m not sure what the problem is, unless it is just perception.
>>Unfortunately, the Air Force has had a poor strategic record. In the Korean War, heavy strategic attacks on North Korean cities failed to reduce Communist capabilities. Operation Rolling Thunder — the campaign designed to destroy North Vietnamese will, transport capacity, and industry — went on for three years and had little noticeable effect on the course of that war.<<
>The problem today is not with the Air Force, but with the policy makers.<
The author evidently has NOT spoken with pilots who flew in North Viet Nam. Our pilots were not allowed to attack within 20 miles of the entire coastline. All targets were approved by the United Nations at least 24 hours before being attacked.
Now the part that gets me is, us not being allowed to attack the coastline, port or harbors, or any factories or anything built within 20 miles of the water.
I ask myself why not. If we had closed the harbors and railroads to China, we would have ended the war in a few months.
Amen!