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To you civilians, we in the military (I’m retired now) know that the U.S. Air Force generally performs very poorly in joint operations. It’s not that the Air Force isn’t good flying airplanes all by themselves in the desert, it’s that they nevery communicate well with the other branches.

It’s not classified, but in the mid-1990’s while enforcing the “No Fly” zone in Iraq and Air Force F-16 shot down two Army helicopters carrying 22 of our men. No one cares? The AF guys just say “Shit Happens” and flies on? That’s how it seemed to go down.

My question is? Can’t the idiot pilots in the Air Force operate their IFF buttons? Are they than unconcerned about the other services?

I also remember watching a replay of footage shot from an AF cockpit during Gulf War One where an AF hotshot blasted an Army transport vehicle and then, after the fact, said “Uh oh, I sure hope that wasn’t one of our own.”

All, repeat I say ALL, of the flying duties handled by the U.S. Navy, which flies at least as many hours as the Air Force. The Air Force personnel are routinely getting soldiers killed by friendly fire because they just aren’t interested in the other services and they don’t want to be.

That’s why I said the Air Force should be limited to testing new aircraft in the desert where they won’t hurt American soldiers.

Got it now?