Ralph Peters shoots down the USAF

Today's New York Post has a column by Ralph Peters which will make it unsafe for him to fly anywhere within range of a USAF intercept base:

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.

Morally bankrupt, the Air Force is willing to turn a blind eye to the pressing needs of soldiers and Marines at war in order to get more of its $300-million-apiece junk fighters. With newer, far more costly aircraft than the Marines possess, the Air Force pleads that it just can't defend our country without devouring the nation's defense budget.

To cap off the initial hit, he also goes on to say "The Air Force hasn't forgotten how to fight. But it only wants to fight the other services."

I know that inter-service rivalry has a long and painful tradition in most national histories, but this is one of the most bitter diatribes I think I've ever read in a public forum. Is it really this bad between the flyboys and the ground pounders?