Combat Pair: The Evolution of Air Force-Navy Integration in Strike Warfare

[raptor10]

Interesting RAND report.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/2007/RAND_MG655.pdf

These real-world experiences suggest that the U.S. Air Force and U.S. naval aviation should now consider each other natural allies in the roles and resources arena, since they did not compete but rather mutually supported and reinforced one another in the achievement of joint strike-warfare goals

 

[Uncle Fester]

...and cheetahs and lions should be natural allies on the Serengeti, not competitors, since one's faster and more agile but smaller and the other's bigger and more powerful but slower. They stand to gain more by working together than fighting over resources.

Still ain't gonna happen.