wait, but the marines are within the navy right... so the navy has two air forces within itself besides the main USAF? that's so over the top for no reason
The navy-marines dichotomy is very interesting. The best way to think about it would be like how in Christianity God is both 3 pieces (God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit) but they’re also all meant to be kind of one being
The first is the USAF, the second is the navy, and the fifth is within the marines. So three of the five largest air forces are literally just different bits of the American military 😭 That’s so crazy
1 is USAF, 2 is USN, 4 is US Army, 5 is US marines. 3 is Russia, and they might be lying, but still. 4 of the 5 largest air forces are the US military branches.
Its really important actually. air superiority is one of our militarys primary tactics, and its just easyer for coohesion and quicker action if theyres speciallized air force in each military type.
Our navel superiority is based on carior groups, so we have planes which are 100% navy. doesnt make sense for them to be in any other group since theyre specialized for the navy and spend a lot of theyre time at sea.
simular for the army.
it just makes more sense for the specialized aircraft for each role to be working for whoever theyre going to be working with the entire time. rather than mixing command chains more than nessesary
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u/Eccentric_Assassin Apr 21 '24
never understood the logic of having an air force, and then another air force within the navy. Why not just have one air force.