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Air force or Navy
Zenark:
Well, in Science Fiction, ships operating in space are considered Naval vessels.
I figure we're all Navy since tactics, weaponry, and positioning is more Naval. The only relation to the airforce is that we're in the sky.
Duzzyy:
We have to remember that this might be set in a post apocalyptic world it it either the same year or in the very near future and has the same tech as the early to mid 1900s so the humans that are currently alive wouldn't know what a Air force or a Navy is, let along the difference.
HamsterIV:
Air Force and Navy are constructs of our civilization which in this world collapsed and is replaced with a different civilization. For all we know the ship are flying under the authority of "Town Guard," "Militia," or "Department of Transportation." I if I had to choose between Air Force or Navy, I would go with Navy. An individual unit of the navy is expected to work autonomously for several months where as an individual unit of the air force has to go back to base every day.
JaegerDelta:
I would say that the name would depend on the faction. It would have most in common with a Navy, but it is very much distinct from a Navy. Much like Hamster said, a town could have airships as part of its defense force and not call it a Navy. the word Navy could even not exist in certain parts of the world.
Swizy:
Well the navy wouldn't be completly out of idea. I don't know the exact story or the timespan. But If your civilisation jumps from in holes living people to airships in such a short time it's very unlikely they haven't had any knowledge about that technology before. Even people from the 1900 know of the navy and it sure has been well documented or at least there would be enough remaining stuff lying around (thinking of the big war ships) to give at least a hint on what that is. The idea to invent something completly new wouldn't be the case but rather adopting something like this. And if we're speaking about technology there sure was a ship (as in floating in the water) before there were air ships. So it's more likely a navy came first to control the seas.
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