**Response to @evoskuil:**
The US Air Force, after WWII and the development of the Atomic Bomb, argued largely successfully that the nuclear air fleet should become the centerpiece of US military strategy. A lot of people fell for this. But with Korea, this idea was discarded for the fantasy that it was.
https://nitter.moomoo.me/evoskuil/status/1644541863247101952#m