Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin rundunar sojojin Amurka, wasu manyan jami'ai sun yi tambaya game da amfani da sojojin da ke cikin iska a matsayin ƙungiyar yaƙi. 'Yan Jamus sun yi nasarar amfani da dakarun da ke cikin iska a lokacin mamayewa na Netherlands a watan Mayu 1940 da kuma Crete a watan Mayu 1941. Yaƙin ya kasance da wuya ga sojojin Amurka. A watan Nuwambar 1942, a matsayin wani ɓangare na Operation Torch a yakin Arewacin Afirka, sojojin Amurka da suka rasa yankin da suka sauka (DZ) sun yi tafiya don kama filin jirgin sama da ke hannun sojojin abokantaka. A lokacin mamayewar Allied na Sicily a watan Yuli 1943
, sojojin Amurka sun sake sauka daga nesa da burin su. Amma bala'i na ainihi ya zo lokacin da abokan gaba suka harbe jirgin sama 23 kuma suka lalata 37; An kashe ko kuma raunata 318 da suka shiga jirgin sama. Rashin aikin dakarun sojin sama na Amurka a Sicily ya sa Laftanar Janar Dwight D. Eisenhower ya ba da shawarar ga Janar George C. Marshall, Shugaban Sojojin Amurka, cewa rukunin dakarun sojin sama masu girman girman suna da wahalar sarrafawa a yaƙi.