Posted on 12/02/2009 3:32:18 PM PST by Yo-Yo
When President Obama spoke to troops at Alaska's Elmendorf Air Force Base last month, the unit there parked a shiny new F-22 fighter plane in the hanger. But according to multiple sources, White House aides demanded the plane be changed to an older F-15 fighter because they didn't want Obama speaking in front of the F-22, a controversial program he fought hard to end.
"White House aides actually made them remove the F-22-said they would not allow POTUS to be pictured with the F-22 in any way, shape, or form," one source close to the unit relayed.
Stephen Lee, a public affairs officer at Elmendorf, confirmed to The Cable that the F-22 was parked in the hanger and then was replaced by an F-15 at the White House's behest.
The airmen there took offense to the Obama aides' demand, sources told The Cable, seeing it as a slight to the folks who are operating the F-22 proudly every day. They also expressed bewilderment that the White House staff would even care so much as to make an issue out of the fact that the F-22 was placed in the hanger with the president.
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Stephen Lee, a public affairs officer at Elmendorf, confirmed to The Cable that the F-22 was parked in the hanger and then was replaced by an F-15 at the White House's behest.
This White House is sounding more and more like the Clintoon White House.
In a word, pathetic.
As always with o-bow-man it’s all show, lies and phony photo-op’s.
The list, ping
Megalomaniac. It’s all about him.
This guy is all show and no substance. What do I look like? What do I look like?
This reminds me of his appearance at Georgetown last winter, when he made them cover up the IHS behind the speaker’s platform with a piece of plywood.
Sounds more like Carter every day.
I think the airmen now understand that to this Administration, the military is nothing more than a photo-op.
This idiot should be shown standing in front of a
chariot and a pile of bricks. If the Rats had their way,
that is what we would be using to fight our wars.
The airmen should have told the White House staff: “You want it moved, YOU move it.”
Or:
“No, that’s not REALLY an F-22. It’s an F-25!” (That’s the ticket)
The Kenyan is not only “The enemy camp” with his own soldiers but is afraid of our own aircraft! Pathetic POS.
bfl
No, Clinton was wonderful compared to Obama!
He isn’t worthy to stand in front of the plane he killed.
They should have put a p-26 peashooter there thats what Cartercrats want us to have.
This POS precident has got to go !
He is a friggin socialist drama queen that is gonna get a lot of OUR people killed !
Zero’s ego, as fragile as the Gossamer Albatross, has a larger radar cross section than an F-15 Eagle!
The U.S. Military is on to this guys game — he cannot BS truly intelligent people like us. He only is able to con and fool many of the people who voted for him.
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