We should just buy off enemies, it would be cheaper than flying F-35’s against them.
I’m with putting the CAS in the Army. The Air Force other than justifying fighters isn’t interested as an institution other than using it as budge leverage.
Give them deep penetration, space and air space control.
The fighter guys should be happy because they can drop a lot of drag, weight and keep their chariots nice and air stripped sexy for..er...when ever.
Let's bring back the P-40 while we're at it. State-of-the-art, schmate-of-the-art! If it was good enough for Chennault and the Army Air Corps, it's good enough for us.