ChiccinTendies
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I'm glad this is somewhat anonymous because this might be the dumbest question ever asked, but on the off chance there is an answer, I'm going to risk it.
Why are the no (officially) elite fighter aviation units in the military? In the same vein as special operations, like AFSOC or 160th SOAR, but analogous to fixed wing tactical jets? Wouldn't it be an advantage for the DoD to have a unit capable of carrying out high-risk, no-fail missions? A unit maybe mostly or fully composed of weapons school graduates, with special entry requirements? Or even a fixed wing unit specially designated to provide air support to special operations units on the ground? Or in the same vein as AFSOC's Combat Aviation Advisors, why are the no CAAs that deal with training allied nations to fly fighter aircraft, like we did in Vietnam? They could have the same language and culture training, and be trained in unconventional warfare, etc. I heard about Dan Hampton doing a tour with the Egyptian Air Force, and having to go to the Air Foce's Special Operations School, but I'm not sure if that is something the Air Force regularly does. Or to take it even further, a modern-day equivalent of the Fighting Tigers, a group trained specially to command and fight in a guerrilla air war, where US involvement should be kept a secret? Like I said, the closest equivalents I could find were AFSOC or the 160th, but neither of them have tactical fighter aircraft. Is there anything closer, like deployable squadrons in the Navy, AF, or MC that have a large proportion of fighter weapons school graduates? Maybe some sort of unspoken hierarchy, or preference for sensitive missions by certain higher-ups? Which squadrons would SOCOM be happiest with providing air support for them? Would it be the Marines? I know groups like AvTEG and the Flight Concepts Division exist, but I think it's probably doubtful that they have any fighter or attack planes. I'm guessing the biggest reason why is because there is just no need, modern combat/counter-insurgency doesn't need fighter pilots yadda yadda, but if that was really true, why do we even have any fighter aircraft, or at least as many as we do? Maybe if any one knows how the pilots that flew the OV-10 recently in Iraq got selected, that would maybe come close to what I'm looking for.
PS I know this post will probably give some of you guys a headache at the sheer stupidity, but I needed to do this, sorry.
Why are the no (officially) elite fighter aviation units in the military? In the same vein as special operations, like AFSOC or 160th SOAR, but analogous to fixed wing tactical jets? Wouldn't it be an advantage for the DoD to have a unit capable of carrying out high-risk, no-fail missions? A unit maybe mostly or fully composed of weapons school graduates, with special entry requirements? Or even a fixed wing unit specially designated to provide air support to special operations units on the ground? Or in the same vein as AFSOC's Combat Aviation Advisors, why are the no CAAs that deal with training allied nations to fly fighter aircraft, like we did in Vietnam? They could have the same language and culture training, and be trained in unconventional warfare, etc. I heard about Dan Hampton doing a tour with the Egyptian Air Force, and having to go to the Air Foce's Special Operations School, but I'm not sure if that is something the Air Force regularly does. Or to take it even further, a modern-day equivalent of the Fighting Tigers, a group trained specially to command and fight in a guerrilla air war, where US involvement should be kept a secret? Like I said, the closest equivalents I could find were AFSOC or the 160th, but neither of them have tactical fighter aircraft. Is there anything closer, like deployable squadrons in the Navy, AF, or MC that have a large proportion of fighter weapons school graduates? Maybe some sort of unspoken hierarchy, or preference for sensitive missions by certain higher-ups? Which squadrons would SOCOM be happiest with providing air support for them? Would it be the Marines? I know groups like AvTEG and the Flight Concepts Division exist, but I think it's probably doubtful that they have any fighter or attack planes. I'm guessing the biggest reason why is because there is just no need, modern combat/counter-insurgency doesn't need fighter pilots yadda yadda, but if that was really true, why do we even have any fighter aircraft, or at least as many as we do? Maybe if any one knows how the pilots that flew the OV-10 recently in Iraq got selected, that would maybe come close to what I'm looking for.
PS I know this post will probably give some of you guys a headache at the sheer stupidity, but I needed to do this, sorry.