# The United States Air Force is unconstitutional

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [July 27, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-air-force-is-unconstitutional/947441 "2021-07-27T18:31:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Somethingwitty1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/somethingwitty1/32/8899_2.png) [@Somethingwitty1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somethingwitty1)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-united-states-air-force-is-unconstitutional/947441/158 "2021-07-31T23:03:33Z")

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The Air Force is a flying Army. The writers of the Constitution did’t know we might have planes one day.

I’m kinda shocked this silly argument has gotten so much response. I can only guess that the topic is making some type of disingenuous argument about original intent or strict interpretation of the Constitution.

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