Critical and Cool Facts About the USA Every Patriot Needs to Know

The US Air Force soaring high as the top gun, that’s no shocker. But the US Navy taking the the runner-up spot in the air? Land of the free, home of the airborne, where even the sailors are sky-high on the leaderboard.

This aerial one-two punch is the kind of overachievement that has bald eagles nodding in approval. When you next see a plane, there’s a decent chance it’s got a home port as well as a hangar. Stars and stripes fly high, but apparently, so do anchors.