The officer to enlisted ratio in the AF is roughly 1:3. Very top heavy. Probably has a little something to do with the kingdoms too.
This was once explained to me as each component of the AF functions as a weapon system and deploys as independent components instead of like airplane squadrons with organic / attached service and support components?
Was this done to ensure that somebody other than pilots / navigators had some say in how the force was run? Is this some kind of TAC / SAC hangover?