How can you say Air Force with any pride?Because my uncle was in the US Army Air Corps (precursor to the Air Force) and lost his life as the pilot of a B-26 attacking the Third Reich, flying into the teeth of heavy German AAA defending a bridge, but managed to hold his crippled and burning plane straight and level long enough for 3 crew to bail out. One of the men managed to sneak back to friendly lines with the help of the French Resistance and survived to return home. The other two went MIA and were assumed killed. That's how.
That said, I don't like one service branch trying to promote itself at the expense of another. Heck, haven't we also seen pictures of B-52's and AC-130's? I say, throw everything at them we possibly can!
Actually, competition is healthy. I would worry if the AF was NOT trying to promote and improve it's systems.