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re: Which is the most important branch of the military?
Posted on 5/30/15 at 7:06 am to choupic
Posted on 5/30/15 at 7:06 am to choupic
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The Navy does not transport the USAF. AirForce takes care of its own. I respect all branches, but when it comes to air superiority the Air Force owns it. Stealth fighters/bombers, F-22, plus all the bombers are air force. That's what sets use apart. Here's a scenario. Let's send all army and marine ground forces to china without air support. Good bye!!!!
The Air Force is the least important. We've won ground wars before without air support and we could do it again. It's simply a nice to have. We are a country with an ocean on each side. We trade with almost every other country in the world. The bulk of that trade goes in boats across the oceans. Protecting the shipping lanes is the vital to our economy. The Navy is the most important.
This post was edited on 5/30/15 at 7:09 am
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Posted on 5/30/15 at 8:52 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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We've won ground wars before without air support and we could do it again.
You have a very limited and sophomoric view. Under no circumstance would any commander of any branch launch a ground war with no air support. It will never happen. Ever.
The Air Force, Navy, and sometimes Marines are there weeks/months before the Army. Thousands of sorties with tons of ordinance dropped before the first conventional troop's boot hits the ground. The door-kickers are needed to take and hold that ground. You'd suffer 50x the losses if you launched a ground invasion before it's been prepped via air power.
There is a reason why we have each branch. Mission sets rarely overlap. We need them all.
Posted on 5/30/15 at 10:19 am to GeauxxxTigers23
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The Air Force is the least important. We've won ground wars before without air support and we could do it again. It's simply a nice to have. We are a country with an ocean on each side. We trade with almost every other country in the world. The bulk of that trade goes in boats across the oceans. Protecting the shipping lanes is the vital to our economy. The Navy is the most important.
Name a war won without air support. And it's the air support that made the USA dominant and separate itself from the rest.
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