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SciFi usually base military in space based on the navy, I wonder if this was considered or even makes a difference?

I'm guessing that the sci-fi practice was due to the sociological similarities between spacecraft crews and ship crews on isolated, long-term voyages. At present, the US Air Force has been responsible for most high-tech concerns including cyber warfare and space warfare, so it probably was the least organizationally disruptive to bring the new branch in alongside the AF.

plug for project rho! They have some discussion of sci-fi military organization (and nine thousand other things, seriously, it's the TV Tropes of sci-fi)

http://www.projectrho.com/public_html/rocket/military.php#id...

Stargate being a notable exception: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate_Program#Stargate_Comm...

Which reflects how in real life the Air Force does have more to do with space than the Navy.

I always thought that SG being an air force show was unrealistic once the USN RN etc found out "wait there are real star ships" they would want to take over.

Let alone the CIA / SAD / SIS wanting to run intelligence opps of world

USAF actually consulted a lot on the show and later in the series I believe the Stargate operation becomes a joint international civilian-military effort.

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