It's quite amusing really, I know of a British chap, who was TA and I believe has been bouncing around various armed forces, rather the big 'I am', but he seriously underestimates air power, he always trots out the joke "Two Russian commanders meet in Paris, one asks to the other, 'Who won the air war?'"
I'd just love him to experience life under enemy air superiority...just to see what its like...