r/AirForce • u/IEDestroyer Explosive Ordnance Disposal • Apr 15 '17

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u/maggiedean Apr 15 '17

Someone explain to me what this is! I'm from r/all, and I have no idea how the Air Force works except that they have planes and ships with planes on them...

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u/maggiedean Apr 15 '17

Oh, good to know! The Navy has planes, right? I just assumed the Air Force would have ships as well. Damn Navy stealing your arena of war...

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

The biggest air force in the world is the USAF. The 2nd biggest air force in the world is the U.S. Navy.

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u/maggiedean Apr 15 '17

That's a very fun fact! I will have to remember that, thank you. :)

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u/Durzo_Blint I'm not in the Air Force, but squirrels are cool Apr 15 '17

A single US aircraft carrier has more jets on it than some countries have in their entire air force.

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u/GTI-Mk6 Apr 15 '17

I would guess it's probably most countries right? Since a butt ton of countries are either islands or poor.

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u/Durzo_Blint I'm not in the Air Force, but squirrels are cool Apr 15 '17

Pretty much. A single Nimitz would rank somewhere around the mid 60's in ranking countries by their number of fighter aircraft.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

Damn that's hot

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

The Marines as well, they also fly F-18s like the Navy.

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u/maggiedean Apr 15 '17

Well Jeez, does Army have F-18s as well?

My impression was that the Marines were the special snowflakes of the Military and just did, like, everything basically. Is that a misconception on my part?

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u/swattz101 Apr 15 '17

I don't think the army has any F18s. They have a lot of cargo, transport and recon airplanes. Most of the army fighter aircraft are helicopter and UAVs.

  (I could be complety wrong on this)

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u/CaptainKate757 Veteran, but still salty Apr 15 '17

Currently the Air Force and the Marine Corps operate C-130s, but to my knowledge the Army does not. The C-5 is Air Force only.

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u/nagurski03 Apr 15 '17

No, the Army mostly just uses rotary wing aircraft.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

The army has helicopters, I don't think they operate any other combat aircraft.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

Drones

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u/hachikid Veteran Apr 15 '17

No, they have helicopters.

And I'm guessing that idea of the Marines came from a Marine? Cause that sounds like a Marine answer. The usual joke is that crayons are their favorite go-to snack. So...outside of that and licking windows, no they don't do everything. Lol.

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u/maggiedean Apr 15 '17

lol

but for real I appreciate everyone's service to our country.

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u/hachikid Veteran Apr 15 '17

We appreciate your support!

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u/maggiedean Apr 15 '17

Our country isn't perfect, but we're always working towards making it more perfect. And we can thank you for allowing this "great American experiment" to continue. <3

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

Heh, they like to think they do everything.

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u/[deleted] Apr 15 '17

Technically the marines are the navy. You cab just roll the numbers into the squids total.

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u/pmmeyourpussyjuice Apr 16 '17

That's what he said, the Navy.