From the State of the Air Force briefing back in January
http://www.defense.gov/News/News-Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/606995
QuoteQ: Do you think that there's just too much emphasis at the moment on the air part of the equation, that everyone thinks you're going -- from the air, you can defeat ISIS, you can defeat Al Qaeda in Yemen, when defeat may not be what is possible from the air?
GEN. WELSH: No, I don't think, speaking specifically to ISIS, that the -- that the DOD approach is not to defeat ISIS from the air. The intent is to inhibit ISIS, to attrite ISIS, to slow ISIS down, to give a ground force time to be trained because the ground force will be required.
You -- you don't dictate end states from the air. You can't control territory. You can't influence people. You can't maintain lines of control after you've established them. That will take a ground force -- in this case, a coalition ground force that's being trained now to try and make that effort, and we'll support it from the air.
They have spiffy hats too!
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Are those the Sky Marshals from Starship Troopers?
Imperial Air Dragoons?
They kinda remind me of this guy.....
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Quote from: Sir Slash on October 09, 2015, 10:04:53 PM
Are those the Sky Marshals from Starship Troopers?
That's exactly what I was thinking. ;D
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