Silly me and I thought the zoomers were only part of that action. Did you forget the US Navy who flew more sorties that the Air Force? Lets not forget the US Army including its armor units, SOF Units, the British RAF and SAS. Ask anyone who has ever called in a CAS Mission. Do they perfer the Navy or the Air Force?
No kidding. But that hardly supports your notion that the separation of the Air Force from the Army was a "debatable" idea, does it?