To: lbryce
On the carrier we always had alert aircraft at different stages (5/15/30 min) depending on where we were in the world and they were always already loaded with at least a minimum defensive load - I can’t imagine why the Air Force wouldn’t have the same especially at Andrews. Were we really that lax?
34 posted on
09/11/2014 11:39:51 AM PDT by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
To: reed13k
On the carrier we always had alert aircraft at different stages (5/15/30 min) depending on where we were in the world and they were always already loaded with at least a minimum defensive load - I can’t imagine why the Air Force wouldn’t have the same especially at Andrews. Were we really that lax?
when I was stationed at Pearl Harbor, The AFB next door was derisively called "The Chair Force" because there was way more sitting around going on there than any type of flying taking place. More golfing too.
To: reed13k
On the carrier we always had alert aircraft at different stages (5/15/30 min) depending on where we were in the world...Yeah, but what happens when all the catapults simultaneously break? Then your alert aircraft do you no good. It happened in Top Gun, it could happen anytime.
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