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Don't forget the in-air refueling cost that's there to save the Navy the embarrassment of taking off and landing anywhere near where the Air Force does.

by drblast 10y ago

JoBrad 10y ago
Duplication of function is a good thing, militarily. You wouldn't want the Navy to be unable to fly because the Air Force had an issue or was unable to immediately respond.
- PhantomGremlin 10y ago
  When your life depends on it, you never want to count on another branch of the service. Or you wind up asking for help from a douche like US Army General McChrystal. Who won't give it to you. Here's one person's comments on how the general fucked over some Marines and Navy: they left our men to perish without fire support because of your rules of engagement I don’t retreat one iota from what I said there. McChrystal, with his ROE, is a murderer The request for help went all the way to General McChrystal, but he wouldn't give it to them. Asked again, he refused again. http://www.captainsjournal.com/category/general-mcchrystal/ http://www.captainsjournal.com/category/general-mcchrystal/ http://www.captainsjournal.com/2011/02/17/reprimands-in-marine-deaths-in-ganjgal-engagement/ http://www.captainsjournal.com/2011/02/17/reprimands-in-mari...
Godel_unicode 10y ago
Come on. You seriously can't think of any situation where the Navy might want to launch planes too far from an air force Base to stage through it? There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of our spending on carriers; this is not one of them.
- gozur88 10y ago
  This. The maintenance crews are on the carrier. They can be moved to a land base along with the aircraft, but that would leave the carrier undefended.
  - lostlogin 10y ago
    Isn't carrier defence what the other ships that travel with the carrier do?
    - gozur88 10y ago
      Carrier defense is, in theory, like an onion. Aircraft, SAMs, point defense. Aircraft are probably the most important since not many launching platforms can get into range of the carrier without risking attack by aircraft.

Don't forget the in-air refueling cost that's there to save the Navy the embarrassment of taking off and landing anywhere near where the Air Force does.

by drblast 10y ago

Don't forget the in-air refueling cost that's there to save the Navy the embarrassment of taking off and landing anywhere near where the Air Force does.

JoBrad 10y ago

Duplication of function is a good thing, militarily. You wouldn't want the Navy to be unable to fly because the Air Force had an issue or was unable to immediately respond.

PhantomGremlin 10y ago
When your life depends on it, you never want to count on another branch of the service. Or you wind up asking for help from a douche like US Army General McChrystal. Who won't give it to you. Here's one person's comments on how the general fucked over some Marines and Navy: they left our men to perish without fire support because of your rules of engagement I don’t retreat one iota from what I said there. McChrystal, with his ROE, is a murderer The request for help went all the way to General McChrystal, but he wouldn't give it to them. Asked again, he refused again. http://www.captainsjournal.com/category/general-mcchrystal/ http://www.captainsjournal.com/category/general-mcchrystal/ http://www.captainsjournal.com/2011/02/17/reprimands-in-marine-deaths-in-ganjgal-engagement/ http://www.captainsjournal.com/2011/02/17/reprimands-in-mari...

Godel_unicode 10y ago

Come on. You seriously can't think of any situation where the Navy might want to launch planes too far from an air force Base to stage through it? There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of our spending on carriers; this is not one of them.

gozur88 10y ago
This. The maintenance crews are on the carrier. They can be moved to a land base along with the aircraft, but that would leave the carrier undefended.
- lostlogin 10y ago
  Isn't carrier defence what the other ships that travel with the carrier do?
  - gozur88 10y ago
    Carrier defense is, in theory, like an onion. Aircraft, SAMs, point defense. Aircraft are probably the most important since not many launching platforms can get into range of the carrier without risking attack by aircraft.