[DoughtyOne]

If we’re talking about a situation like the one President Bush found himself in, on 09/11/2001, that refueling capability is a must.

We’re hearing so much minutia these days. It almost causes one to question if what we are hearing is true.

[eyeamok]

It almost causes one to question if what we are hearing is true.

With Pop Mechanics, I wouldn’t trust them. I cancelled my script 20 some years ago when they found religion, global warming.

[ican'tbelieveit]

From the article:

Proponents of the cut argue that aerial refueling is not necessary considering no president has ever used the capability, not even George W. Bush who loitered over the Gulf of Mexico in Air Force One for eight hours after the 9/11 attacks.

[PAR35]

If we’re talking about a situation like the one President Bush found himself in, on 09/11/2001, that refueling capability is a must.

No need for aerial refueling between Sarasota and Bossier City, nor between Bossier City and Omaha. By the time they could have gotten a tanker up from Bossier, he would have been about there anyway.