Good to know we’re reading our history, so we don’t repeat it

No, no, don’t read any history, I’m sure you’ve got things under control:

Winning an aerial dogfight ranks right up there with mounting a cavalry charge as required skill for today’s military.

Sherman, set the wayback machine for 1973:

The F-4’s biggest weakness, as it was initially designed, was its lack of an internal cannon. … The lack of cannon was finally addressed by adding an internally mounted 20 millimeter M61 Vulcan on the F-4E.

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It should be noted we still issue bayonets and pistols to infantry, because sometimes, no matter how archaic and outdated and silly that seems - you have a night-vision scope and laser designator on your M4 after all - sometimes you have to stab a motherfucker in the neck. It’s war, it happens.