This same base was home to the A-10 aircraft, and the funding was so bad during the latter Clinton Administration years that there were parts shortages. When one plane landed, the maintenance crews would have to remove some parts so they could get another one off the ground. The military was in an extremely pathetic state at that point, and isn't really that much better now.
This same base was home to the A-10 aircraft, and the funding was so bad during the latter Clinton Administration years that there were parts shortages.
The AF brass NEVER wanted this plane. Right from the start they did everything they could to kill it.
If you're interested in more on this I'd recomend "Boyd" the fighter pilot who changed the art of war
Robert Coram
GREAT BOOK.