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Anyone flying a fighter jet in aerial combat with other fighter jets knows what they signed up for and are facing opponents who signed up for the same thing. W
by luma 5y ago
Anyone flying a fighter jet in aerial combat with other fighter jets knows what they signed up for and are facing opponents who signed up for the same thing.
War is terrible, but this is one of the very few situations in modern combat where there is a clear line between civilians and the combatants. Everyone engaged is a willing participant.
In this situation I'll apply Doug Stanhope's logic:
> As long as the people who kinda wanna go kill other people are going to go kill other people who kinda wanna go kill other people, you're killing all the right people and opening up all the best parking spaces.
- StavrosK 5y agoWell, that's sound logic and a great quote, thanks!
- weswpg 5y ago> opening up all the best parking spaces. Funny quote, but I don't think front-line infantry have the best parking spaces. That would be the flag officers.
- luma 5y agoNot sure what country you are from but in most air forces, front-line infantry aren't flying fighter jets.
- throwanem 5y agoClose air support blurs the line a little, especially inasmuch as (in US forces at least) those pilots are both uniquely beloved among the infantry they support and with whom they share many hazards, and also much differently regarded by "real" combat pilots as halfway to being ground pounders themselves.
- rascul 5y ago> Everyone engaged is a willing participant. Conscription is a thing in many countries. Not sure how many conscripts are flying, though.
- varjag 5y agoApproximately zero, even in places like North Korea. Aircraft are too valuable.