You don't really believe the USAF Chief of Staff would fib do ya??? lol
Posted on 09/19/2013 10:50:46 AM PDT by Errant
Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh on Tuesday sketched out a dramatic tale of a lone F-22 Raptor chasing off Iranian fighter jets over the Arabian Gulf.
The confrontation is the first publicized engagement involving the Air Force's most modern fighter and military forces of Iran.
"When the combatant commander wants air power there is only one number to call," said Welsh, praising Lt. Col. Kevin "Showtime" Sutterfield.
"Showtime is an Air Force Reservist … he flies the F-22. He flies it really well," Welso said.
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
So they could send a F22 to save a drone, but nothing to save an Ambassador.
Boy, that Ambassador must have had a heavy negative value...
“‘you really ought to go home.’”
I bet that piolet made a few little muhammads in his flight suit.
Calling BS in a way.
WHY would a *single* ship flight be on CAP or be dispatched ALONE to a potential air combat encounter.
Story smells.
**NOW** I will read the article ;-)
The F22 is a big question mark. It’s probably best it stay that way. No need to show anyone anything. Keep them guessing.
;-)
We sent a publicly “out” homosexual to a country in which homosexuality is illegal and forbidden, sent him there as THE AMBASSADOR, neglected to help provide security after repeated requests, would not deploy teams to help which WERE in range, and then, after the deaths and after the killing and anal rape (by foreign object) of the Ambassador, we just sort of shrugged.
Congratulations America!
Additionally - a USAF *reservist* in an F-22? That seems odd.
Yeah. The hottest fast-mover ticket in the USAF goes to a reservist?
hmmmmmmmm.
The drone was more valuable than the ambassador. And possibly even more valuable than the F-22.
You don't really believe the USAF Chief of Staff would fib do ya??? lol
what type of drone was it that costs more than an F-22 and a trained pilot?
The Missouri Air Guard flies B-2s. Specifically 131st Bomb Wing located at Whiteman.
Why was protection not given... 
our Ambassador in Benghazi?
It was the Republicans' fault! The Ambassador was gay... 
and you know how homophobic they are, so it is damn well is their fault!
Well, that settles it. No more need be said... 
and in Colorado, we now know voter suppression by Republicans cause all the flooring.
If red X above go to http://www.1800politics.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/carol-costello.jpg
The 477th FW at Elmendorf flies F-22s. And I think there’s one or two more.
Hard wood, vinyl or wood flooring?
Yeah, yeah, you got me... 
It should have been flooding--
BTW, a gynecologist was seeing a first time female patient about her menstrual cycle and asked, "What is your flow?
She thought for a moment, then said, "Linoleum, I think."
There are 3 squadrons of them at Tyndall.
Cha-ching!
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