Hate to break it to you but I can tell you from my 26 years in the USAF and never being assigned to an Air Force Base that I personally know quite a few “grunts” Army and Marine, US and Allied. I was a USAF JTAC; Ft. Benning, Camp Howze, Ft.Carson, Rose Barracks, Ft. Hood, Camp Casey, Ft.Hood. Six tours in the sandbox and plenty of Govt sponsored trips to other prime “vacation” spots. 18 NTC rotations. CAS was my business. On the ground with the troops, in the fight. This silly business of the AF not supporting CAS is crap. CAS is a very important mission of all branches. I have personally controlled AF, Army, Navy, Marine and foreign aircraft in the same engagement. The Air Force has had Air Liaison and other mission specific personnel with the ground combat forces since it’s inception. The battlefield is a JOINT mission, and for success all combat multipliers need to be utilized.
I was responding to door gunner in post 11