US Space Corps

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Isn't the USAF the same branch that's been in the news for constant fuckups over the past 8 years?

Aren't they the same branch that can't even handle their fucking nukes?

Air Force should focus on the basics, like their fucked up obesity and the fact that 90% of them are on PT waivers even when they barely move.

I'm torn

on one hand

>NASA have been the ones putting their asses on the line
>NASA has a cooler history in space than the USAF
>why not just let NASA do military shit in space

on the other

>NASA are non-military, the USAF is the god of death
>USAF is under DoD, I don't even remember who runs NASA, but it isn't any kind of military man
>get to keep NASA as the non-military space people

>>34379264
Under the proposed plan, military operations in space would be taken away from the Air Force and put under their own branch, and both the Air Force and Space Corps would be under the Department of the Air Force, which is a civilian bureaucracy.

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>>34379269
>USAF is the god of death
Yeah, for their own side or the Brits. Fratricide is their only talent.

>>34379287
>which is a civilian bureaucracy
As is the Air Force proper

>>34379287
Seems Mike Rogers in the video is getting rather peeved at the USAF. Enough to make the offhand comment for a new department. He makes a point in that the Pentagon is rather annoying when it comes to making changes within its own bureaucracy.

>>34379289
ok
> for their own side or the Brits
every kill counts, challenge accepted. 2/3 of nuclear triad and a mothball fleet worth more than your nation

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air force can barely handle its own traditional mission.

also, why is the sec of the air force always a woman?

>>34379269
Well NASA would still be NASA. Just that the USAF gets replaced with a new branch that does specifically space that isn't NASA.

>>34379341
Yeah, but I'm thinking

>why not just make a NASA commissioned corps along the same lines as the NOAA commissioned corps

Isn't it true that the Air Force refuses to add UCAVs to its developmental mission whereas the Navy has had almost 15 years working that project now?

Thought the Air Force was bleeding edge. Give the Preds to the Army. Maybe that will help the Air Force stop crying about manning and we can stop hearing about airfags claiming they have PTSD from sitting on their ass in Nellis.

>>34379355
Probably be better to just make something new from the ground up rather than trying to muck around with a system tailored to civilian roles.

>>34379367
Yep, the USAF was really against UCAVs in their inception. The USAF for some reason just pisses everyone off ever since it's inception. I mean look at the USN vs USAF rivalries back before the Korean War. It got so heated that USN pilots were volunteering to shoot down USAF peacemakers to make a point about how focusing specifically on strategic bombers was a dumb idea.

Then Korea happened and the USAF was caught with its pants down with no tactical support. Meanwhile USN laughs with its carriers full of ground support.

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How many nukes has the Air Force managed to misplace?
How many nuke personnel are on crack/cocaine right now?

http://abc13.com/news/air-force-probes-cocaine-use-at-nuclear-missile-base/1251840/
https://www.airforcetimes.com/articles/14-airmen-at-wyoming-nuke-base-probed-for-drug-use

Air Force can't handle the basics. Separate them from anything new. Maybe create the Space Corps and give them some PT regs and some ASVAB minimum scores that actually mean something.

>>34379401
My thinking was like

>it's a tiny number of guys compared to any other service branch
>NASA already does space
>the main difference between military space and civilian space is the payload you're launching

But then I remembered that NASA isn't connected to any of the military commands in any way.

Air Force leads the way in AIDS infections. That's got to lend some kind of diversity advantage, no?

There's barely any military activities to be done in space per the outer space treaty. Don't need a whole service branch doing nothing.

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>>34379226
>ODSTs and space marines will be a thing in your lifetime

>>34379576
i think the real question is; what chapter would /k/ join?

>>34379593
raptors probably. they are innawoods in space

>>34379593
>implying /k/ wouldnt join the IG
massive casualties, lazer guns, trenches and big fuck off artillery is the only way to go t b h

>>34379627
Imperial Navy has more dakka.

>>34379559
It only bans nukes. Everything else is free game. The UN tried to ban conventional but the US vetoed it.

>>34379627
the Inspector-General? hell yeah I'll call IG on your ass

>>34379646
this. giant flying death cathedrals>>>>>>>everything else
plus the imperial navy is the front line in all conflicts

>>34379728
Technically, it's Explorators > giant flying death cathedrals >>>>>>>> everything else

just another sinkhole to put tax payers hard earned dollars in.