As was oft quoted to me (sources and veracity unknown): "The Marines provide 25% of the nation's firepower on less than 5% of the military budget."

This guy's article is a little harsh of the USAF...OK he's real harsh on the USAF. Though, the USAF has always had this kind reputation among Marines--

CLASHING MILITARY CULTURES

By RALPH PETERS
Author of Beyond Baghdad: Postmodern War and Peace
Forwarded by Tom Dyer

April 13, 2005 — Last month, I sat in the office of Col. Jon “Dog” Davis, a veteran Marine aviator. While at war, the Corps' pilots had seen a rise in their accident rate. Davis was determined to do something about it. I wanted to be sympathetic, so I said, “Well, you're flying some very old aircraft.”

Davis, a taut, no-nonsense Marine, looked me in the eye and said, “They may be old, but they're good. That's no excuse.”

As commander of the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 out in Yuma, Ariz., Davis could have nodded and gone along, blaming the jets and helicopters. But he's a Marine. And Marines don't make excuses. They do their best with what the taxpayers give them. And their best is pretty damn good.

Contrast that with a recent conversation I had with two Air Force generals. I had written columns critical of the platinum-plated F/A-22, the most expensive fighter in history and an aircraft without a mission. So the Air Force decided to lobby me.

Those two generals spun the numbers until the stone-cold truth was buried under a mantra of “air dominance,” imaginary combat roles and financial slight-of-hand. Still, I wanted to be fair. I took them seriously and investigated their claims.

Not one thing they said held up under scrutiny.

More here--

http://www.keepingapace.com/blogarchives/dod/clashing_military_cultures.php