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Old 04-27-2011, 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna View Post
[*] Do we need an Air Force at all? Navy and Marine aviation does almost all of the combat support missions. We haven't employed high-level bombing by the Air Force since Viet Nam. Other than flying materiel and ammunition all over the world, what does the Air Force really do these days?
What is the basis for your statement that Navy and Marines are doing all of the combat mission support? My nephew is a pilot in the Air Force and rotates in and out of the Middle East to support combat missions all the time.

While I appreciate the outside of the box thinking, I hope that the notion that we don't need an air force gets back into the box real quickly. The military gets accused of preparing for the last war; unforunately, civillians can be much more dangerous if they start thinking that the world is a safe place that doesn't require such things as an air force.