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You don't get to be an Ace by destroying tanks, or artillery, or other ground threats. You get to be an Ace by defeating another pilot in a dogfight. That's why
by inetsee 12y ago
You don't get to be an Ace by destroying tanks, or artillery, or other ground threats. You get to be an Ace by defeating another pilot in a dogfight. That's why the Air Force is reluctant to support the A-10. They want to put all that money into their fighter jets.
Close air support really should be an Army responsibility, but the Air Force doesn't want the other services flying planes. The only reason the Army is allowed to have helicopters, is because they're not "real" airplanes.
- gonzo 12y agoThe Navy has planes.
- bdunbar 12y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_Agreement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_Agreement
- dragonwriter 12y ago> Close air support really should be an Army responsibility, but the Air Force doesn't want the other services flying planes. The Air Force doesn't want the Army flying fixed-wing manned combat aircraft. All services (Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force) have manned aircraft, all services have fixed-wing manned aircraft, all services have manned combat aircraft, and all services except the Army have fixed-wing manned combat aircraft.
- olefoo 12y agoThis. Fighter Jets are the modern equivalent of mounted knights. Glamorous, lovely and of marginal use in a full-out war. This is why they are the favorite military service of the useless scions of the nobility that we most definitely don't have.
- tormeh 12y agoMarginal utility except in the crucial battle for sir space control. Without fighters, all other airplanes and surface targets are sitting ducks.
- zobzu 12y agoExactly. Fighters intercept bombers. Fighters intercept other fighters. Bombers allow for cheap and reliable mass destruction of any ground target - compared to icbms and ground vehicles. That these arguments come up only show how brain washed we are by the media.