DF68, are they aviators? If you read the SNAFU! Bl*g the groundpounders are purple in the face at the flyboys using up the budget buying up what they consider a useless plastic jet at the expense of updated armoured vehicles.
A former serving USMC guy I knew (was going to say Ex but they never Ex) once gave his dismissal of USAF on the basis of
"We on the ground taking land, they arrive at Mach 1 and disappear at Mach 1, we still on the ground taking crap and need people in aircraft that is kicking the crap of the people in front of us".
His view of USMC Aviation was "They still fly boys but they get home with dirt on the windscreen so will stand a beer for them. They know what we need"