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via Breaking Defense...
This should have been done long ago and for any other program would have been.
What should you watch carefully?
Lt Gen Bogdan.
"His people aim to do what is prudent for the enterprise at large without compromising the ongoing mishap investigation"?
That's short hand for we're going to push on with flying this plane across the Atlantic unless the boss says otherwise.
They shouldn't.
Hagel needs to step up and shut down the idiocy now. I'd love to see this money pit end but barring that he at least needs to keep the planes on the ground until they know for certain what caused the mishap.
That's what leadership 101 demands.
Sidenote: I stole the term White Elephant from American Mercenary. Check out his latest on this ongoing theft of public funds here.
via Breaking Defense...
UPDATE One decision has finally been made. Late Thursday evening the Office of Secretary of Defense announced that the F-35 fleet was officially grounded. That’s right. Both OSD and the Joint Program Office used the term grounded, meaning the fleet will not fly until further notice and the causes of the fire have been found and ameliorating actions recommended.Its good to see that the SecDef finally took a bit of responsibility and is now protecting his people from the folly of his generals.
“The technical air worthiness authorities of the Department of the Air Force and Department of the Navy have issued a directive to ground the F-35 fleet based on initial findings from the runway fire incident that occurred at Eglin Air Force Base on Monday, June 23. The root cause of the incident remains under investigation. Additional inspections of F-35 engines have been ordered, and return to flight will be determined based on inspection results and analysis of engineering data,” the release says.
The Joint Program Office release says teams searching for a cause of the June 23 fire “have been unable to pinpoint the precise cause of the malfunction.” The head of the F-35 program. Air Force Lt. Gen. Chris Bogdan release, said his people ”aim to do what is prudent for the Enterprise at large without compromising the ongoing mishap investigation.” That language about compromising the investigation is a clear sign of the political sensitivities of the investigation.UPDATE ENDS
This should have been done long ago and for any other program would have been.
What should you watch carefully?
Lt Gen Bogdan.
"His people aim to do what is prudent for the enterprise at large without compromising the ongoing mishap investigation"?
That's short hand for we're going to push on with flying this plane across the Atlantic unless the boss says otherwise.
They shouldn't.
Hagel needs to step up and shut down the idiocy now. I'd love to see this money pit end but barring that he at least needs to keep the planes on the ground until they know for certain what caused the mishap.
That's what leadership 101 demands.
Sidenote: I stole the term White Elephant from American Mercenary. Check out his latest on this ongoing theft of public funds here.
