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To: US Navy Vet

Basic military doctrine: Use air superiority fighters to clear the skies, then use heavy bombers and close air support to help out the boots on the ground.

I am of course referring to F22s, B52s, and A10s.

Oops, sorry, we cannot do that since Obama canceled the F22 program.

Gee, wonder why he did something so harmful to our military... /SARC


10 posted on 09/09/2016 10:42:22 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
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To: piytar

And - didn’t they try to cancel the A10 as well?

Anything they can do to cripple our effectiveness.


12 posted on 09/09/2016 10:48:32 PM PDT by shibumi (Dancin in the Dark with Tramps in the Park, I'm the Fleetfoot VooDoo Man)
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To: piytar

For the past 8 years, I have felt that Obama was America’s “Treaty of Versailles” President. He seems determined to limit our military and economic power and to make us subservient to foreign powers.


15 posted on 09/09/2016 10:54:27 PM PDT by RC one
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One possible solution: The United could become a Christian nation again and then buy SU-35s and PAK-50s from Сухой...
16 posted on 09/09/2016 10:58:20 PM PDT by ganeemead
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To: piytar

Oops!

Didn’t we also cancel the A10 Warthog program, one of the most effective airplanes ever?


18 posted on 09/09/2016 11:04:27 PM PDT by Noob1999
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