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> V/STOL capability was the one thing the marine corps absolutely insisted on A while ago I read a long and fascinating article tracing this back to Guadalcana
by haberman 13y ago
> V/STOL capability was the one thing the marine corps absolutely insisted on
A while ago I read a long and fascinating article tracing this back to Guadalcanal in WWII, when the Marines couldn't get the air support they needed. Apparently this history is firmly cemented in the corps collective memory and is a large part of why they insist on this.
- Lazare 13y agoIt was probably this one: https://medium.com/war-is-boring/5c95d45f86a5 https://medium.com/war-is-boring/5c95d45f86a5 A truly excellent article for everyone interested in fighter jets, military procurement, government contracts, national security, whether the US could win a war with China, or just really good yarns about really stupid decisions.
- haberman 13y agoYes, I think that is the one! Thanks for finding it. I was being annoyed at Facebook's lack of search, since a friend's wall was the only place I had ever seen it.
- a3n 13y agoIronic that you can't use Facebook to recall your history on Facebook, yet Facebook keeps all your data (I assume) forever for analysis. (I closed my Facebook account a few years ago, so all I know about this is what you said.)