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Two reasons: Mr. Obama told us to and we want to be generals someday.
It’s not about American superiority on the battlefield anymore. It’s about “cost savings”. Obama has other plans for that cash.
I am a pilot but not a military pilot thus I must rely on the advice of my son a non pilot but grunt on the ground in Iraq for two tours. He was not behind the wire.
“If you get in trouble the Apache and the A10 are your best friend.”
Leadership: Tradition Cripples The USAF UAV Fleet
June 23, 2015: The U.S. Air Force recently reduced its UAV operations by eight percent because it was unable to train enough new operators.
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The air force was and is unable to get enough manned aircraft pilots to “volunteer” to do a three year tour as a UAV operator and cannot train non-pilot officers fast enough to be career UAV operators. A lot of pilots are getting out of the air force in part because of the prospect of another three year tour with UAVs. At this point UAV operators leave the air force at three times the rate of pilots of manned aircraft. Worst of all, UAV operators are not shown the same respect as pilots who go into the air aboard their aircraft. All this would go away if the air force allowed NCOs (sergeants) to be operators of the larger UAVs but the air force leadership is very hostile to that idea. Despite the GAO study, the head of the air force continues to insist that all UAV operators be pilots.
The Air force is corrupt.
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htlead/articles/20150623.aspx
Hadn’t watched Live Free or Die Hard in a while and realized the movie had glorified the F-35 and wondered if Congress and the builders have their heads in the clouds if they think they’ll ever be able to do what is in that movie.
Anyway. It was fun, but the A-10 is my fave, with the Osprey right behind (based purely on seeing them fly over my home for a year or more at 2 different homes since I know y’all would know they don’t fly together).
SIMPLE SOLUTION:
Give the low, slow (GREAT, unbelievably EFFECTIVE) plane to the ARMY, where it belongs in the first place.
Obama et al, has issues with the HOGS because they KILL MUZZIES!