Winston
Lorenzo von Matterhorn
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U.S. Air Force Pilots Said Retiring the A-10 Will Put Troops in Danger
The flying branch whitewashed their concerns
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/th...-concerns-about-dumping-the-a-10-c1ed3c23e807
I cant wait to be relieved of the burdens of close air support, Maj. Gen. James Post, the vice commander of Air Combat Command, allegedly told a collection of officers at a training session in August 2014.
As with his now notorious warning that service members would be committing treason if they communicated with Congress about the successes of the A-10 Warthog, Post seems to speak for the id of Air Force headquarters true hostility towards the close air support mission.
Air Force four-stars are working hard to deny this hostility to the public and Congress, but their abhorrence of the mission has been demonstrated through 70 years of Air Force headquarters budget decisions and combat actions that have consistently short-changed close air support.
The Air Force's Rationale For Retiring The A-10 Warthog Is BS
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-usafs-rationale-for-retiring-the-a-10-warthog-is-bu-1562789528
At What Point Does The USAF's War Against The A-10 Become Sabotage?
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/at-what-point-does-the-usafs-war-against-the-a-10-becom-1685239179
Re-winged A-10's - video. Shows A-10 flying with all paint stripped off. Guess they'd want to do some test flights before bothering to paint them as they'd want pristine, unmarred paint coming out of refurb.:
https://bcove.me/spucpmn6
Re-winged, refurbished, A-10:
The flying branch whitewashed their concerns
https://medium.com/war-is-boring/th...-concerns-about-dumping-the-a-10-c1ed3c23e807
I cant wait to be relieved of the burdens of close air support, Maj. Gen. James Post, the vice commander of Air Combat Command, allegedly told a collection of officers at a training session in August 2014.
As with his now notorious warning that service members would be committing treason if they communicated with Congress about the successes of the A-10 Warthog, Post seems to speak for the id of Air Force headquarters true hostility towards the close air support mission.
Air Force four-stars are working hard to deny this hostility to the public and Congress, but their abhorrence of the mission has been demonstrated through 70 years of Air Force headquarters budget decisions and combat actions that have consistently short-changed close air support.
The Air Force's Rationale For Retiring The A-10 Warthog Is BS
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-usafs-rationale-for-retiring-the-a-10-warthog-is-bu-1562789528
At What Point Does The USAF's War Against The A-10 Become Sabotage?
https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/at-what-point-does-the-usafs-war-against-the-a-10-becom-1685239179
Re-winged A-10's - video. Shows A-10 flying with all paint stripped off. Guess they'd want to do some test flights before bothering to paint them as they'd want pristine, unmarred paint coming out of refurb.:
https://bcove.me/spucpmn6
Re-winged, refurbished, A-10: