The Air Force is not getting much love from the Freepers on this and deservedly so. I’d like to see them take their Powerpoint presentation to some remote FOB in Diyala Province and pitch it to the steely eyed killers that have been fighting this war for the past five years. The Air Force needs to man up and get the job done and quit running to the Congress every five minutes whining that things are just too tough for them.
Please, don’t go there.
The USAF has folks working as convoy guards driving the shitty srteet of both the ‘Stan and in the sandbox.
You’ll also notice a lot of USAF stripes working with the ARMY SOF as Forward Air COntroller/ETACs calling in CAS.
Maybe not as many, but sure as hell as often.....
I work with these guys daily, tough as nails and just as mean as any Grunt....even if they are POGs.