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As an aside, I have wondered how universally true this was. For instance, did the USAF recognize a similar issue during this period?
by thearn4 11y ago
As an aside, I have wondered how universally true this was. For instance, did the USAF recognize a similar issue during this period?
- yborg 11y agoUSAF kill:loss ratios were as low as near 1:1 initially in Vietnam while Top Gun trained Navy/Marine Corps pilots were achieving 4:1 or better. The F4 was purpose-designed as a missile-launching platform and was initially fielded without any kind of cannon.
- Spooky23 11y agoRemember they had reorganized to wage nuclear war. Many people thought that conventional fighting was dead, and that the Air Force of the future would be intercepting bombers with nuclear rockets. A conflict like Vietnam was seen as a sideshow from a 1950s point of view, and wasn't really planned for.
- golergka 11y agoSo, the generals actually planned for the _next_ war, but ended up fighting the last war again, while the next one never came? Wow, didn't expect the saying to be so wrong.