“ “The requirement to preserve critical skills in our Air Force has never been more important,” Maj. Gen. Adrian Spain, the training and readiness director at Air Force headquarters, said…”
Diversity isn’t working out for them. That’s the AirForces main goal.
Em…I think vaccines was their main goal.
Worked out reel gud for Lt Gen Spain, the Real American ™
Very unreliable Air Force we’ve gotten ourselves
The pilots, who are all officers, are now mercenaries.
And as Machiavellis pointed out, mercenaries are great until the shooting begins.
Air Force pilots have not faced significant danger in at least 50 years. Now that they are mercenaries, how willling will they be to fly when their lives are seriously at risk, such as if we got into a war with China, or any other power (Russia Iran Turkey India) that could inflict heavy casualties?
I suspect the situation is worse in our navy, where the men are mostly enlisted. It is reported that in war games, China sinks half our ships. If we got into a war, and our navy guys had the chance to jump ship,how many could we we depend on?
You need great skill in peacetime, but you dont need devotion. It may be pricey now, but you can always buy skill. In war, you also need great devotion.
Sadly, the sun sets on a country which can not keep a ready military out of love of country and protection of home. America has been the police of the world, and we all see it. The interest protected is the billionairs and corporations. Money won’t do it. Neither will apologies to the others who got a swift kick in the ass out the door.