“The moron general is a fighter pilot and AF fighter pilots don’t consider the A-10 to be a fighter. It’s too slow and runs too close to the live fire for them so they want to get rid of it so as to promote what they consider to be “real” fighters.”
Your comments are a load of BS. The Air Force Chief of Staff who is responsible for retiring the A-10 is a former A-10 pilot with 1,000 hours logged in the A-10. He loves the A-10 and considers it to be the finest and most capable aircraft for the A-10 mission. He also has the sad duty of being responsible for deciding which of the Air Force squadrons has to be retired to satisfy the budget cuts Congress is ordering the Air Force to make in the next ten years, which is about one trillion dollars in cuts.
“This battle has been ongoing for years. The fighter jocks have long wanted to be rid of the Hog.”
That comment is a defamatory lie. The reason the A-10 has been at risk of retirement throughout much of its career has been the downsizing of the Air Force by the Democrats ever since the Vietnam War.
You’re in denial. I watched this play out during my active duty career as an officer and have followed it afterwards for over 20 years. Once you reach the general officer ranks you are a political animal and it doesn’t matter what your background is, you will throw your grandmother under the bus for the next promotion or to maintain your current position. Sad fact is, support of ground troops has never been at the top or even midway up the list of priority mission for AF fliers. The fighter jocks took over chicken coop when they acquired SAC former assets and they will always make fast fighters the primary mission and will support the ground support missions if they can do it using the sleek, fast and sexy fighter.
The general is a moron because he thought he could bully his subordinates into not talking and/or telling the truth if called to testify before congress. That is a major violation and by rights he should be cashiered if not sent to confinement.