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.
Eaglen is from the AEI and AEI is in the pocket of a certain defense contractor - guess which aircraft they support?
ReplyDeleteItalian Parliament members want to cut the F-35 orders from 90 to 45.
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You sound like you new to this Sol. The USAF has been trying to kill the A-10 for 30 years now. They never chose the KC-10, the congressman from Long Beach did. They wanted the 747, an aircraft with a payload floor strong enough to carry your LAV's, and a door big enough to get them inside. The MC-12 was a quick reaction force to augment the RPV's, they will most likely be given to the Army for their new recon requirement in the same Beach Airframe as the RC-12X.
ReplyDeleteThe U-2 does not make sense, it cost $2400 per hour to run. But if they do not have enough money to keep the U-2 and Global Hawk. If congress forces the Global Hawks, then the U-2's are doomed.