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To: Gen.Blather

It is fine to have these machines and even fly them well. They are like all sophisticated machines expensive and difficult to maintain.


3 posted on 09/15/2014 4:34:36 AM PDT by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: DariusBane

What bothers me is that we are fighting with 30 and 40 year old machines. We are a generation behind our most likely adversaries. Now out stuff is good, but at some point we need to replace the Apache.

I fear we have focused so much on stealth, we forget that a few super expensive planes and helicopters do not have the same effect as a large number of good robust ones.


9 posted on 09/15/2014 5:29:22 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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