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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The simple answer is…..The Army needs planes to protect ground forces, the Navy needs planes to protect forces at sea and the marines need planes to support amphibious assaults. Note the protect, protect, support in that statement. The Air Force has the job of taking out infrastructure.
That’s the gist of it.
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