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> I've heard that the Marines actually have really good air support, because they have their own planes Why can't the army buy the same planes, are they not be
by queensnake 12y ago
> I've heard that the Marines actually have really good air support, because they have their own planes
Why can't the army buy the same planes, are they not being manufactured any more?
- chernevik 12y agoPilots are the hard problem. It's really hard to train them, and to incentivize people to manage them. The Marines can piggy-back on the Navy's aviation personnel infrastructure. And again, the Marines are capped on scope creep by their placement in the Navy. The Army isn't, so if they got planes that would be much scarier for the Air Force than the Marines.
- bradleyjg 12y agoThe key west agreement: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_Agreement http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_West_Agreement The army isn't allowed to have fixed wing aircraft with combat capabilities.
- philwelch 12y agoThe Marines use the F/A-18 Hornet and, for close air support in particular, the AV-8B Harrier. Both are slated for replacement by F-35 variants. They also fly the AH-1 Cobra, which the Army already replaced with the Apache.