[Tailback]

However, the M-16 is irrelevant for the vast majority of our people. We don’t DO hand-to-hand fighting. You cannot launch aircraft that way!

So what you're saying is that you're a desk jockey and not a warrior? The British conducted a very effective bayonet charge during the invasion of Iraq. Your mentality is a perfect example of why the AF is becoming less relevant to the modern battlefield. What happens when all the combat aircraft are unmanned?

I have news for you, the military is going to get even smaller in the future and the expectation will be that they be just as capable. The AF better get with the program.

[Mr Rogers]

You stupid sack of crap - what part of AIR FORCE do you not understand? How in the hell do you do a bayonet charge in an airplane?

Pull your head out of your land-bound butt and understand that not everyone in the military works on the ground. Sailors on boats don’t need to do hand-to-hand combat. The only time I would be exposed to hand-to-hand combat would be if I went down behind enemy lines - which I never did, and none of those who did that I’ve talked to ever needed to fight hand-to-hand either.

It will be a long time before UAVs can replace manned aircraft. If you don’t understand that, then you don’t understand enough to take part in an intelligent discussion.