I’m going to out myself as a defense moron on this, but…
Can someone make the case for the Air Force as it currently is to me? I'm honestly curious.
Look down, do you see land? Ok, that’s Army Air Corps territory. Do you see water? Ok, that’s Navy Air territory.
At least that way you only have two sets of systems to make work together, as opposed to three like it is now.
Especially in a post-strategic world (and one where SSBNs exist) it seems pointless to have an arm of service which is (from what I’ve read here) actively hostile to close air support, the one air power growth sector.
I guess maybe logistics and airborne refueling don’t fit neatly into the ground/sea dichotomy but that’s no reason they need their own damn Academy.
