> because they don't want the Army encroaching on their core skill of aviation That's exactly what's going on. Incidentally that's one of the reasons USAF did

> because they don't want the Army encroaching on their core skill of aviation That's exactly what's going on. Incidentally that's one of the reasons USAF did their best to bury the promising AH-56 Cheyenne [0] back in the day, it was in direct competition with their own program that would later become the perennial A-10. [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR-r6RR1nJM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR-r6RR1nJM [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne#Program_demise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_AH-56_Cheyenne#Progra...