USMCFLYR I'm not saying it's a political discussion of the rep/dem level or anything like that. I'm just saying that some of the units and aircraft that get picked to fly these missions may not be picked purely on their ability to get the mission done in the most effective manner. Their are politics involved and if somebody wants their unit to fly these missions to make a bullet point later on they're going to do everything they can to make it happen. Weather they're in the best position to get the job done or not.
I think that is what KC10 was trying to say in his first post which I was referring to, not his second. It's all just part of big bureaucratic politics which has been going on for a long time, it's just frustrating some times.