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Congressional Committee Just Voted to Kill the A-10—And Endanger Troops’ Lives
War is Boring ^
| June 13, 2014
| Winslow Wheeler & Pierre Sprey
Posted on 06/13/2014 11:08:18 AM PDT by C19fan
On June 10, the House Appropriations Committee made clear the way many on Capitol Hill view national defense. By a raised-hands vote of 13 to 23, the Committee rejected an amendment from Congressman Jack Kingstona Georgia Republicanto redirect $339 million from operation and maintenance funds, deemed excess, to retain 234 A-10 close air support aircraft in the U.S. Air Force inventory.
Even though the committee found $1.6 billion to increase the Obama Administrations budget to buy hardware, it could not find a penny to retain one of the most extraordinarily effective weapons in the U.S. arsenaland one of the cheapest to operate.
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TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: a10; air; dontknowjack; force; georgia; jackkingston; porkbarrel
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To: buffaloguy
Before Obama’s Third Term is over, the only plane the USAF will have is AF1.
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posted on
06/13/2014 2:04:05 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfusbutcher)
To: Redleg Duke
Well it is the only one HE needs so it’s the only one worth having.
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posted on
06/13/2014 2:08:41 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: moose07
You have no idea what kind of language I’m using at this point.
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posted on
06/13/2014 2:14:37 PM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(Mind your atomic bonds.)
To: lurk
The Air Force hates anything that ain't sexy and super fast.
If their pilots can't look like Tom Cruise in Top Gun they are not interested.
Close air support of ground operations has never been in their top ten interestes and never will be.
In their opinion if it ain't blue it ain't cool.
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posted on
06/13/2014 2:21:05 PM PDT
by
5th MEB
(Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
To: Silentgypsy
I’ll take a guess that it is unprintable.
Right with you on this.
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posted on
06/13/2014 2:29:09 PM PDT
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day. ........dot removal in progress.......)
To: C19fan
They retire these planes at their own peril. As an AF veteran, I know that this is the LAST plane that the enemy wanted to see coming at them over the horizon.
Stupid
Stupid
Stupid
To: C19fan
Billions to hook ever more citizens on welfare addiction but they kill the Warthog.
I thoroughly despise the government.
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posted on
06/13/2014 3:28:05 PM PDT
by
Amagi
(Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
To: ryan71
Actually I did back in the mid 80s. Took my son to see planes at NAS Moffet and see Blue Angels. His favorite was the EC-135 because it had the most comfortable seats and the coolest displays.
To: C19fan
The A-10 is the culmination of all that was known about CAS in a high threat environment and Hagel wants to kill it?
Hello?!? You don't kill something like that. You make it better!
You take all that you've learned since first putting it to work into the next generation, new and improved and even more badass A-10!
And, if the A-10 is too much of a burden for the AF bean counters to live with, then give it to the Army and Marines. Feel the love.
FUCH!
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posted on
06/14/2014 8:28:57 AM PDT
by
GBA
(Here in the Matrix, life is but a dream.)
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