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This is something that was mentioned in another post about how the RAF's Desert Air Force campaigns showed that there was a preference for two types of aircraft: The first was a fast-attack fighter that was agile and capable of air-superiority, recon, and close air support; the second was a fast-attack bomber.
It appeared that the RAF adopted this around 1941-42: When did the USAAF start to adopt this idea and fully implement it? I'm curious if this was about the same time or significantly earlier (and by that, I mean at 1-3 months as a starting point) that the decision was made to abandon dedicated light-attack aircraft, and if there was a significant difference, if that had to do with bureaucratic inertia or varying points of view?
This is something that was mentioned in another post about how the RAF's Desert Air Force campaigns showed that there was a preference for two types of aircraft: The first was a fast-attack fighter that was agile and capable of air-superiority, recon, and close air support; the second was a fast-attack bomber.
It appeared that the RAF adopted this around 1941-42: When did the USAAF start to adopt this idea and fully implement it? I'm curious if this was about the same time or significantly earlier (and by that, I mean at 1-3 months as a starting point) that the decision was made to abandon dedicated light-attack aircraft, and if there was a significant difference, if that had to do with bureaucratic inertia or varying points of view?