When most Americans think about their independent Air Force, screaming fighter jets and stealthy bombers dropping precision-guided weapons in “shock and awe”-type campaigns flash to mind.Occasionally, we may be impressed by the Air Force’s amazing global logistical support for its sister services — like its fleet of aerial tankers, flying gas stations that can fill an average American swimming pool with fuel in less than 10 minutes. Or the Air Force cargo fleet: a military version of FedEx-meets-Amazon that enables our Army and Marine Corps to deploy anywhere, anytime.Yet beyond its obvious warfighting missions, the United States Air Force performs …read more
Source: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research