[SkyPilot]

Sequestration and massive budget cuts even before that was enacted have devastated the US Air Force and the military as a whole. Sequestration does not end until 2023.

The reason the Air Force tried to retire the fleet is because of these massive budget cuts. Eleven Air Force combat wings could not even afford jet fuel in 2013-2014. Thousand of DoD doctors and nurses quit in disgust after they were furloughed and had their pay cut. We went from 41 ready Army Combat Brigades to 2 who were even deployable. Navy ships and subs were scrapped because we could not afford the depot maintenance. Thousands of uniformed troops were given pink slips, some receiving them while deployed to combat zones.

The outcry from the American people, when the cuts were enacted, never happened.

To see the wails of "how could they think that?!" now ring hollow.

Instead of supporting our capability of this.....

....they demanded this.....

[DaveA37]

And the gubmint wants to eliminate the A-10? This aircraft has been and continues to be the best low altitude troop and tank buster to ever come along.

[sport]

Correct. And that is why things will not change for the better. The sheep love the chains of slavery now more that they love their freedom. What freedom[s] have I lost, they thunder. Don't waste your time explaining because they will not understand. But the biggest one is that we have from the viewpoint, gone from the presumption of innocence to the presumption of guilty. Under the guise of being made feel "secure" the sheep demanded that the Government take their freedom.

Now the sheep love their ET cards more than they love their freedom.

"I'm still free! I go where I please, I do as I please" the sheep bleat. So did the slaves in Rome as long as the masters approved.

Things will change here, but the change will be for the worse. Count on it!