vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agoWhy in Sci-Fi they always use Marine or Naval terminology and structure instead of Aviation for the spaceship structure, navigation and military ranks?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1191arrow-down1message-squareWhy in Sci-Fi they always use Marine or Naval terminology and structure instead of Aviation for the spaceship structure, navigation and military ranks?vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 10 months agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-text
I don’t really know how to structure this question, but yeah, why is always Naval and never Aviation?
minus-squarecircuscritic@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-210 months agoThe USAF has significantly more planes and pilots then the USN. However, the USN is technically the second largest air force currently operating in the world, behind the USAF.
minus-squareTranscendentalEmpire@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoYeah… I don’t know where the claim that the navy has more pilots than the Air Force came from? The Air Force has more than 20k active duty pilots, while the Navy only has around 7k.
The USAF has significantly more planes and pilots then the USN.
However, the USN is technically the second largest air force currently operating in the world, behind the USAF.
Yeah… I don’t know where the claim that the navy has more pilots than the Air Force came from? The Air Force has more than 20k active duty pilots, while the Navy only has around 7k.