Originally Posted by
hawgdriver
MG Wells told our base yesterday that the cuts are coming and the AF plans on shutting down squadrons (no flying) starting in May for a month or two at a time. BL: we need to shave off $12 billion from our budget He said if you are not deploying or spinning up to deploy (funny, thats all I do) then you won't get any flying hours. He said the AF's focus is on the F-35. This is right after he "gave out" two Bronze Stars. One was to a MSgt finance person who "saved the AF millions while deployed" and another to a contracting Officer who went above and beyond by "going outside the wire". I guess we are now officially in the military where everyone get a trophy. Then he went on to talk about sexual harassment.
Didn't know who that was so had to check bio. First a congrats is in order, for after over 30 years in the AF he has logged 2500 hours of flight time including some elusive drone time. Wouldn't want flying to get in the way of being an AF leader. I am a major (no general behind it) with half that time in the service including 10 years of active duty and I have more single seat time than that. I graduated exactly two decades after him and have somehow surpassed him. Good news - from the bio and multiple stories like this one the retention problem is going to fix itself for AD. The freebie they got by upping the commitment is finally over. Everyone can stop pretending they are ALL in it for big blue. The problem is with the leadership. Which is irreparable unless Gen Welsh is able to work a miracle. And every day that goes by, that becomes less likely.