eli5: Why does the US Military have airplanes in multiple branches (Navy, Marines etc) as opposed to having all flight operations handled by the Air Force exclusively?
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tl;dr: has to do with fulfilling specific missions, projecting force differently (even though both Air Force and navy can strike a target across long distances, sometimes you move ship-based planes in or out of theater).
Btw, most people forget the most of the aircraft of both navy and Air Force have more to do with logistics than anything else.
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