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One question, in case anyone here knows: if the "1948 'Key West Agreement' (PDF) that put jet fixed-wing aircraft purely in the domain of the Air Force" is a th
by sopooneo 11y ago
One question, in case anyone here knows: if the "1948 'Key West Agreement' (PDF) that put jet fixed-wing aircraft purely in the domain of the Air Force" is a thing, then how come the Navy runs the Blue Angels? https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/ https://www.blueangels.navy.mil/
- smackfu 11y agoIt's mainly a poor summary of those agreements, of which the Key West Agreement was only the first. A better way to put it would be that the Army is not allowed to have fixed-wing aircraft, and the Air Force is not allowed to have helicopters. The Navy is just restricted to air operations that support a naval campaign.
- ZanyProgrammer 11y agoThe Air Force also has helicopters.
- hugh4 11y agoYou seem to be correct -- Wikipedia says the USAF has about 200 helicopters for search and rescue and "utility". Presumably an exception to the rule.