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U.S. Army CV-2 Carbou "Talking Bird" dynmicpara

Once a service gets a platform to work with that it needs; be it M113 Gavin LIGHT APCs/tanks long overdue for the LIGHT infantry they were intended for or CV-2 Caribou STOL transport planes that can fly economically for many hours; even the conservative military mind can have flashes of inspiration and see other applications such as using these platforms for "command & control"---an obsessive compulsion of those that fear their men, fluid situations and want to micro-manage. To us grunts, having an aircraft overhead to provide secure communications to coordinate our actions amongst ourselves and get close air support (CAS) is worth the command intrusions. Alas, when the USAF stabbed-us-in-the-back via Congress to rob us of our Caribous during the Vietnam war there went radio relay capabilities and many men on the ground died and lost limbs because of it. The idea of an USAF interested only in sexy fighter-bombers or bombers is unsound as it always means CAS and transport for Army maneuver will get neglected. We should re-institute an Army Air Force to handles these jobs and let the USAF try to Douhet "strategic" firepower bombing validate up in the wild blue yonder somewhere else. People cause wars and people live on the ground. Who controls the ground, controls the people. Human wars are won on the ground and the role of air power should be to help get this outcome. The good news is that a wise Congress seeing that the Army has bore the brunt of Iraq/Afghanistan is helping us with C-27J Spartan STOL transport planes so we can regain a radio relay platform again. http://www.combatreform.com/aircraftphotos.htm Want to know more? Our book, "Air-Mech-Strike: Asymmetric Maneuver Warfare for the 21st Century" is ONLINE for FREE skyjacked by Google! http://books.google.com/books?id=RCWtHnYZ0LMC&pg (more)