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Except they do. Pilots also fly in humanitarian aid, fly out civilians and medical casualties, carry out Search and Rescue, and perform reconnaissance during n
by tenpies 8y ago
Except they do. Pilots also fly in humanitarian aid, fly out civilians and medical casualties, carry out Search and Rescue, and perform reconnaissance during natural disasters.
- lutorm 8y agoThat all applies to transport aircraft, not to combat aircraft. An F-35 is pretty useless for any of the roles you outlined.
- craftyguy 8y agoCivilian pilots can, and do, all those things. And in much cheaper aircraft to fly/maintain.
- WkndTriathlete 8y agoI'm skeptical that when disasters strike that any private/civilian organization has the capacity to actually mount an effective relief operation. (Excess capacity is unprofitable and would be trimmed out before the disaster happened.) The military, on the other hand - by definition, in times of peace - has plenty of excess capacity to execute an effective relief operation.
- Gene_Parmesan 8y agoExcess capacity and, for sure, logistics. Despite their other failings, there's still no one else with the experience and infrastructure necessary to carry out huge-scale international relief efforts quite like the US military.