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Air Force command nominee is 1st woman, non-pilot
The Washington Times ^ | July 17, 2014 | Rowan Scarborough

Posted on 07/17/2014 8:20:28 PM PDT by jazusamo

The White House has picked the first female general to head the Air Force in the Pacific, which will make her the first non-pilot to command air power in such a large theater of operation.

The Pentagon announced this week that Air ForceLt. Gen. Lori J. Robinson has been nominated for promotion to four-star general and as commander of Pacific Air Forces, the Air Force component of U.S. Pacific Command. It is a major combatant command whose air, ground and naval forces have broad responsibility for security in the Asia-Pacific region. Her nomination was sent to the Senate for confirmation.

Officials said pilots historically have commanded Air Force war-fighting components for the Pacific and for U.S. Air Forces Europe; Air Forces Central, which covers the Middle East and Afghanistan; and the 1st Air Force, which is part of Northern Command and protects U.S. skies.

Gen. Robinson is not a career pilot. Her military profession is air battle manager. She has served aboard the Air Force’s surveillance aircraft, the E-3 AWACs and E-8 JSTARS, and she was nominated for a promotion amid a drive for more diversity in the Pentagon.

A retired pilot said there is a reason the Air Force historically has put a pilot in charge of large combatant command Air Forces.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hagel; lorirobinson; militarywomen; obama; pacificairforce; pc; usaf
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Gen. Robinson was nominated amid a diversity push by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and a general focus on women’s issues by the White House.

How PC of this administration with their social experiments.

1 posted on 07/17/2014 8:20:28 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

PC is going to get many people killed.


2 posted on 07/17/2014 8:22:06 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: jazusamo
What? She's not a lesbian?

That Hegel. What a homophobe.

Oops. Did I actually misspell Hagel?

3 posted on 07/17/2014 8:23:00 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: jazusamo

Is she black? Is she lesbian?

Important job qualifications, you know.


4 posted on 07/17/2014 8:23:18 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (cations, you know.)
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To: jazusamo

I have no doubt that there are women in the military with really great leadership skills.

But of the women I’ve known at field grade and above (and I’ve known quite a few) it was painfully obvious that their sex parts had a tremendous amount to do with their promotions.


5 posted on 07/17/2014 8:26:08 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("Harvey Dent, can we trust him?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBsdV--kLoQ)
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To: Graybeard58

Well, she isn’t black.


6 posted on 07/17/2014 8:27:18 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Frankly, I am more shocked that she isn’t a pilot.


7 posted on 07/17/2014 8:29:49 PM PDT by Lysandru
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To: Lysandru

Absolutely.


8 posted on 07/17/2014 8:31:32 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

This SAC, TAC, and AFSC veteran is laughing at you morons. Just wait until we have a real enemy. Wait, I’m not laughing now.


9 posted on 07/17/2014 8:33:20 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
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It’s sickening. I am more shocked though she isn’t really a he.


10 posted on 07/17/2014 8:36:40 PM PDT by Phillyred
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11 posted on 07/17/2014 8:37:50 PM PDT by jazusamo (Sometimes I think that this is an era when sanity has become controversial: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Geez, this makes me angry!


12 posted on 07/17/2014 8:40:00 PM PDT by krunkygirl (force multiplier in effect...)
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Fooking ridiculous. ...

How gratifying to be given something you didn’t earn.


13 posted on 07/17/2014 8:40:03 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: jazusamo

dumb


14 posted on 07/17/2014 8:40:50 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Lysandru

why would that shock you knowing the President of the United States was a community organizer.


15 posted on 07/17/2014 8:41:05 PM PDT by fish hawk (no tyrant can remain in power without the consent and cooperation of his victims.)
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To: jazusamo
she was nominated for a promotion amid a drive for more diversity in the Pentagon.

We need to bring in a batch of those Honduran Children to help run the Pentagon. There's just too many old people who speak English and who can read and don't have TB.

16 posted on 07/17/2014 8:44:21 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: jazusamo

Air Force Lt. Gen. Lori J. Robinson is a “battle management specialist”. Wow, how impressive that is! And look at all those pretty ribbons that say she showed up for work on time, plays well in the sand box with others, and brushes her teeth every day. I certainly would want her making life or death decisions for me as a pilot — NOT.


17 posted on 07/17/2014 8:44:27 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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...she was nominated for a promotion amid a drive for more diversity in the Pentagon.

But she worked really hard for that second X chromosome!

18 posted on 07/17/2014 8:44:41 PM PDT by TChad (The Obamacare motto: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.)
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To: Graybeard58
Well - she's not black - can't speak for her proclivities


19 posted on 07/17/2014 8:45:04 PM PDT by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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To: capydick

w.t.fart are all of those pins and flags for on her uniform? Is that like AF code for “I am here to make up for Colorado Springs Christianity” or sump thin’ “?


20 posted on 07/17/2014 8:51:17 PM PDT by acapesket
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