Now before you all crucify me, I'm just going to say that I respect USAF pararescue just as much, if not more so than other SOF organizations. But it seems to me that there really is no need to have 350 CSAR specialists in the event they must rescue a pilot. Also, aren't other units tasked with CSAR? Could they not do the job at least adequately enough that in the event a plane went down behind enemy lines, any SOF or even conventional unit could perform such an operation? It just doesn't seem like these guys get to do their jobs very often, and in peacetime, there is absolutely nothing for them to do. What do you guys think? |