Posted on 10/10/2014 6:47:16 PM PDT by Dallas59
Sixteen military transport planes bought by the United States government for the Afghan Air Force (AAF) at a cost of nearly $500 million were recently destroyed by the Afghan military and sold for scrap parts at around six cents per pound, prompting a government inquiry to determine why millions of taxpayer dollars were wasted on the ill-fated program.
The Department of Defense purchased for the AAF a total of 20 Italian-made G222 military transport planes at a cost of $486 million. However, the fleet was grounded in March 2013 “after sustained, serious performance, maintenance, and spare parts problems” were discovered, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR).
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Going into Afghanistan was the right thing to do. But we only should have stayed about 6 months; long enough to kill a whole bunch of bad people, make a nice pile of skulls, and leave.
I think there should be an amendment, besides getting rid of income taxes and the IRS, that if the head of the executive branch isn’t fired for doing a lousy job (or not doing his job) then the people have a right to not pay taxes. They should have the right just like returning a piece of merchandise that was faulty or you do not like it now that you have it. Besides, Congress is just as bad and shouldn’t have any money either.
As long as the Machinists & Aerospace Workers Union got their cut of the half-billion, it’s all good.
What a bunch of criminals.
I saw a recently upgraded (glass cockpit) KC-135 flying testbed sent to the boneyard at Wright Patterson that I was supporting after Ted Kennedy came to my base. I was thinking what is this POS doing here. Rino’s including the governor Taft in my state said not to make anything of this. Poaching jobs from my state was obvious and they let him get away with this. Fu Rino’s
I’ll have to add this was an Air Force General that facilitated this. Makes one wonder about generals doesn’t it.
I heard the C-27 went right from the production facility to the boneyard at DMAFB.
This probably would make an excellent thesis for someone over poor planning.
I believe in this case....someone wrote the requirement that they ‘immedately’ needed a cargo plane that could handle a runway of only 2k feet of runway, carry 30,000 lbs of cargo, and have a range of at least 700 nm.
They went out and then discovered that if you wanted delivery within months of a contract signed....there’s only one or two choices, which led them to the Italian company.
I doubt if any testing took place....they probably did a couple of flights and came to agree that this was the only possible candidate for the job.
The logistical line? Well....they just never set up the method of getting Italian parts to Afghanistan.
I’m kinda surprised that they didn’t just offer them around Africa (free). There are five or six countries there which operate them, and for spare parts....they were each worth a million.
That’s what Islam does best:
Destroy.
Kinda flies in the face of the whole “outreach” to the muslim community that has SO much to offer in Science and Math for the Space Industry...
If they cannot, or will not maintain what we bought them, can this be a constant reminder that we should NOT buy any more toy for ANY muslim country, regardless of their (or our) perceived need, to fill???
Our leadership are fools.
When you go to war, go to war.
Fight the war, win the war and come home.
Don't try to drag a dysfunctional, regressive culture into the 21st century by buying them new airplanes and sewerage plants.
They don't appreciate it and don't want their savage culture replaced with an enlightened democracy.
Their society is focused on destruction, not building and advancement.
They don't respect anything but brute force and power.
Well what they still do with their left hands is still prevalent today...
So sewage plants are kinda one of those things they choose to not take advantage of...Or toilet paper for that matter...
It was the DLA’a version of cash for clunkers.
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