[raptor22]

WAR ON TERROR PING

[onona]

600b plus in annual defense spending, and they look at this 4b to cut.

Great idea, cut off the tip of your spears and arrows.

[high info voter]

Makes you wonder who’s side the POS muslim puppet president is on........ NOT!

[raptor22]

WAR ON TERROR PING

[ryan71]

All this thing has ever done is exceed expectations and save American lives. I guess that’s not good enough for the Air Force. There are bigger political issues to consider.

[timestax]

ping

[baltimorepoet]

Why does this remind me of how when the budget of a state or local government needs to be cut, they threaten to first cut firemen and police?

Secondly, it is perhaps BECAUSE the A-10 is so effective that this “administration” wants to cut it.

[Diogenesis]

Replaced by flammable tanks and crappy ships?

[windsorknot]

Never underestimate the stupidity of politicians and those who give them power.

[RinaseaofDs]

These systems are being scrapped BECAUSE they are effective (F-22 and A-10). This is part of the big senior officer purge. If you don’t drink the ideological kool aid, you are gone.

This is being done on purpose.

[YHAOS]

The Warthog ~ so ugly it is beautiful.

[chrisser]

Well, there may be on upside.

At least they won’t have the A-10 to use against U.S. citizens, should the “winds shift in an ugly direction”.

[Iscool]

They don’t need to scrap them...Any country in the world would pay top dollar for them...

[blueunicorn6]

And Dempsey wants some nice papers about the King of Saudi Arabia. Tell you what, I’ll write a real nice paper about King Abdullah if Saudi Arabia will send us four billion bucks to keep the A-10 going.

[NTHockey]

If the Air Force is willing to spend some money to scrap the A-10, I’m sure the Marines will be more than glad to take them off the Air Forces’ hands.

[BuffaloJack]

Sounds like a decision made at the request of CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood.

[Gritty]

Lighten up, people. This is an EMERGENCY!

How else are we going to manage to buy another year worth of food stamps for 58 million people?

[raptor22]

WAR ON TERROR PING

[Kodos the Executioner]

- Revoke the law that prohibits the Army from operating fixed-wing aircraft. Then give the ‘Hog to them.
- Update the electronics. One of the big problems (yes; it does have a couple) is the counter-measures systems are all 70s-80s technology. Harder for them to survive with all of the advances being made in even the smallest surface-to-air missile systems. Sure, the ‘Hog can take hits, but why invite trouble? Not that this will be a problem; just look at the B-52!!

[raptor22]

WAR ON TERROR PING