>>64103075
>Why does the reserve even have aircraft?
Short story? Because cold war inter-branch rivalries for glory and the budget. Air Force and Navy had nukes so they were showered with money like expensive hookers in Dubai. The Army seethed and tried to get their own nukes while claiming helicopters.
They seethed so hard that when Top Gun came out and everyone loved it, they made their own Top Gun but with helicopters. I don't remember the name of it. It wasn't that good.
