Let the Air Force brass spend 30 days on the ground, in the shit, so they can make an informed decision.
“Let the Air Force brass spend 30 days on the ground, in the shit, so they can make an informed decision.”
Congress is using the Air Force as a scapegoat for its own actions in defunding the Air Force, Army, and Navy to the point where these military services have no better choice than to retire either one vital weapons system or another vital weapons system. Congress is not providing the funding necessary to keep all of the existing Air Force aircraft flying and add on the new F-35 aircraft at the same time. Congress is responsible for mandating the adoption of the F-35 too, yet is unwilling to pay for A-10, F-16, F-35, and other essential aircraft at the same time. Unfortunately, the A-10 has no capability whatsoever of performing in the mission roles of the other aircraft such as the F-16, F-15, F-35, B-1, air refueling tankers, and so forth which have to be retired if the A-10 is not retired. But some of those aircraft are more or less capable of performing the mission role of the A-10, even if they are not going to be nearly as proficient at doing so. If you don’t like the consequences of the Congress defunding the Air Force, then you can lobby Congress to fund all of the aircraft to include the A-10 and so forth.