Thanks for the link Mark!
via Flight Global.
If the USAF Chief of Staff is wrong (and I believe he is) then he is paving the way for the failure of our forces in the future.
When people talk legacy they're usually referring to the President, but the Joint Chiefs need to be concerned too.
Will a future Chairman decry some of the decisions made by all the service chiefs during this time period? Time will tell. Read the story here.
via Flight Global.
Some of the US Air Force’s most venerable aircraft will likely head to the boneyard in fiscal year 2015, victims of projected military funding cuts, budget analysts predict.The military procurement that occurred during the 1980's paved the way for the successes during the 1st and 2nd Gulf Wars.
Lockheed U-2s, Fairchild Republic A-10s, McDonnell Douglas KC-10 tankers and Beechcraft MC-12 surveillance turboprops will likely be retired next year, says Mackenzie Eaglen from public policy group American Enterprise Institute.
“I expect all of those to be near entirely retired, or most of the fleets,” Eaglen says on 6 February at a defence conference in New York City hosted by investment company Cowen Group.
If the USAF Chief of Staff is wrong (and I believe he is) then he is paving the way for the failure of our forces in the future.
When people talk legacy they're usually referring to the President, but the Joint Chiefs need to be concerned too.
Will a future Chairman decry some of the decisions made by all the service chiefs during this time period? Time will tell. Read the story here.
