The navy should be the lead here, they have forgotten more about sinking ships than the USAF will ever know.
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...if I remember my history correctly, the U.S. Navy was not at all enthusiastic about the idea of creating a separate United States Air Force back in the mid-1940s; the USAF did become a separate service in Septemeber, 1947, however. The Navy is very jealous of its resources; I doubt the Navy was all that enthusiastic about the UASF’s success at sinking this vessel....