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The US has four or five different air forces. Don't forget the 6th one, Space Force.

sandworm101 8y ago
I'm all for the space force, but imho it should be called the "federation". And I cannot wait to see the pentagon expand into a hexagon. In all seriousness, the various US armed forces all step over each other. The Navy has it's own air force, but the USAF also has its own navy (Google "Tyndall AFB"). The Coast guard has plenty of helicopters and the national guard has a bit of everything. They all operate different recruiters, different training schools, and maintain unique relations with foreign forces. It's a total mess compared to countries like Canada where all the forces train and fight together from day one at basic training.
- ourmandave 8y ago
  Not to argue, but under what branch would you put the carrier fleet?
  - sandworm101 8y ago
    Why one branch? When a Canadian ship sails with a helicopter, the ship is Navy. The helicopter, its aircrew, and all the servicing people, are airforce. Their navy (RCN) handles the ship stuff and their airforce (RCAF) all the flying stuff. So a US carrier could stay in the USN, while the air detachments would be handled by the USAF. This sort of cross-branch cooperation means everyone gets along. The navy doesn't get jealous of the airforce's new toys because everyone plays together. When favors are needed, everyone has buddies in the different branches and knows each other's abilities.
    - jotm 8y ago
      How well does that work on more than one ship with one helicopter? :D
  - fgonzag 8y ago
    As someone who knows nothing about the military, how hard would it be to have the carriers themselves operated by the navy, and have the aircraft operated by the airforce? The airforce pilots would obviously report to the ship's captain, but the training, maintenance, and everything else about the aircraft could be done by the airforce itself.
    - jotm 8y ago
      Well the first thing I can think of is that the crew would be split (care little about the other side), and would generally be less effective at executing orders because of constant competing/infighting :)
- skrjabin 8y ago
  Putin would not look bad in Char Aznable's helmet.

I'm all for the space force, but imho it should be called the "federation". And I cannot wait to see the pentagon expand into a hexagon. In all seriousness, the various US armed forces all step over each other. The Navy has it's own air force, but the USAF also has its own navy (Google "Tyndall AFB"). The Coast guard has plenty of helicopters and the national guard has a bit of everything. They all operate different recruiters, different training schools, and maintain unique relations with foreign forces. It's a total mess compared to countries like Canada where all the forces train and fight together from day one at basic training.

ourmandave 8y ago
Not to argue, but under what branch would you put the carrier fleet?
- sandworm101 8y ago
  Why one branch? When a Canadian ship sails with a helicopter, the ship is Navy. The helicopter, its aircrew, and all the servicing people, are airforce. Their navy (RCN) handles the ship stuff and their airforce (RCAF) all the flying stuff. So a US carrier could stay in the USN, while the air detachments would be handled by the USAF. This sort of cross-branch cooperation means everyone gets along. The navy doesn't get jealous of the airforce's new toys because everyone plays together. When favors are needed, everyone has buddies in the different branches and knows each other's abilities.
  - jotm 8y ago
    How well does that work on more than one ship with one helicopter? :D
- fgonzag 8y ago
  As someone who knows nothing about the military, how hard would it be to have the carriers themselves operated by the navy, and have the aircraft operated by the airforce? The airforce pilots would obviously report to the ship's captain, but the training, maintenance, and everything else about the aircraft could be done by the airforce itself.
  - jotm 8y ago
    Well the first thing I can think of is that the crew would be split (care little about the other side), and would generally be less effective at executing orders because of constant competing/infighting :)
skrjabin 8y ago
Putin would not look bad in Char Aznable's helmet.