And just like NASA, we'll probably have to lease that from the Russians.
Posted on 01/04/2012 10:44:18 AM PST by Nachum
The Air Force is preparing to trim hundreds of aircraft from its aging fleet in order to meet an Obama administration austerity order. The move will strike many Air Force supporters as ironic. Because just as the fleet is set to shrink, Defense Secretary ...
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The list, Ping
Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list
And?
I hope they drag their heels on this until the Makers of America can overcome the Takers and get this SOB out of office.
In his book “Augustine’s Laws”, former Lockheed-Martin CEO Norm Augustine predicted that by 2050, the US Military will have one fighter plane shared by all the Services. It was a tongue-in-cheek prediction back in the 80s, but its probably not too far off. Like Europe, we will slowly dismantle our military to pay for the Welfare state.
Let’s start with AIR FARCE ONE and the 757 Pelousy used!
Should save a bundle.
This should eventually work out good. If they get rid of aging aircraft, then as soon as we get a pro-military administration back in office, we can build new aircraft. I imagine this would create a lot of economic stimulus.
Ping.
I nominate Air Force One & Air Force Two as the first 2 planes eliminated.
And just like NASA, we'll probably have to lease that from the Russians.
Let me get this straight - spending hundreds of billions on illegal wars that we don’t really try to win so that it drags out for years is legitimate spending, but updating our fleet of aircraft so that we can defend ourselves in case we are attacked is not worth it.
What illegal wars?
“Let me get this straight - spending hundreds of billions on illegal wars that we don’t really try to win so that it drags out for years is legitimate spending, but updating our fleet of aircraft so that we can defend ourselves in case we are attacked is not worth it.”
Yes. Very Versailles, non? I swear, this period in America is like France, ca. 1788.
If we were trying to defend ourselves we would get rid of radical muslims in this country and close the borders. Instead we try to nation build over there giving the blood of our soldiers for people who not just want us dead but want to kill each other.
We do not need the oil in the middle east. We can drill here, support ourselves, build up our military and build a strong missile defense system and encourage American business to export and kick the butts of anyone who messes with us.
OK off my soapbox now.
Thank you for the post. Very helpful.
Thank you for your post; very helpful to a tired old watcher.
This is a listing of the aircraft the USAF currently flies
Attack A-10, AC-130
Bomber B-52H, B-1B, B-2
Electronic Warfare E-3, E-8, EC-130
Fighter F-15C, F-15E, F-16, F-22
Helicopter UH-1N, HH-60
Cargo helicopter CV-22
Reconnaissance U-2, RC-135, RQ/MQ-1, RQ-4, RQ-170
Trainer T-6, T-38, T-1, TG-10
Transport C-130, C-135, KC-135, C-5, C-9, KC-10, C-17, VC-25, C-32, C-37, C-21, C-12, C-40.
How many redundancies can you think of? Now, each aircraft has it’s own specialized components - very few parts are interchangeable between aircraft (as they are made by numerous manufacturers). For example, how many general purpose Jet Trainers do we really need to support? How many Cargo planes do we need to support?
How many transports do you think we need to service? How many of these are simply obsolete and time to scrap. Each one requires teams for logistics, maintenance, mechanics, repair depots, customized proceedures, custom test processes; it’s really amazing that the USAF can even begin to manage these programs efficiently.
Now, I’m no expert as to what should be cut - I’ll leave that to the leadership of the USAF to pick and chose; but there is no point in spending Bazillions flying museaum pieces. How about dumping the obsolete geezers, and using that money to upgrade and design new, better and more mission capable assets?
“OK off my soapbox now.”
Hey, now - don’t go putting it away where you can’t get to it.
Colonel, USAFR
Far better idea would be to abolish and severely cut back numerous Federal agencies that do nothing useful but serve as jobs programs for eco-freaks, liberal Democrats, socialists and America haters. Start by getting rid of the EPA, Department of Education, EEOC, severely cut back Department of Energy.
Correct me if I am wrong, but isnt this administration continuing to slash military budgets, significantly cut down the sizes or the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Marines, National Guard and reduce amount of equipment they have ? Or am I mistaken ? I wonder about the extent the military supports this administration and to what extent the members of our military like Obama and his views
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