Save the Hawg
02-26-2014 | 07:30 AM
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Gets Weekends Off
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02-26-2014 | 11:15 AM
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Bracing for Fallacies
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From: In favor of good things, not in favor of bad things
04-11-2014 | 06:05 AM
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04-12-2014 | 05:02 AM
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From: 777
It's unfortunate.. I really hope the hog stays on.
Welsh loves to put it this way "the F-16 and 35 are too multi role. We need to keep them since they're good at multiple things".. He has turned on his own airplane.. Yes, Welsh was a hogdriver for some who may not know.
Welsh loves to put it this way "the F-16 and 35 are too multi role. We need to keep them since they're good at multiple things".. He has turned on his own airplane.. Yes, Welsh was a hogdriver for some who may not know.
04-12-2014 | 07:27 AM
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From: B717
Sorry bro'
As a father of four, and knowing that there are many other families in the USAF who barely make ends meet, we got to balance things out. Schwartzee knows this and so does every competent senior leader.
Go buy a million A-10s, but they are completely useless without the people to fly them, fix them, fuel them and support other mission areas. Those Airmen who fix, fuel and support need those day care centers whether we like it or not.
No people = no war-fighting capability...gotta take care of people too. The best cost saving measures are to divest entire fleets and make due with the remaining capabilities, it's a fiscal reality whether we like it or not.
As a father of four, and knowing that there are many other families in the USAF who barely make ends meet, we got to balance things out. Schwartzee knows this and so does every competent senior leader.
Go buy a million A-10s, but they are completely useless without the people to fly them, fix them, fuel them and support other mission areas. Those Airmen who fix, fuel and support need those day care centers whether we like it or not.
No people = no war-fighting capability...gotta take care of people too. The best cost saving measures are to divest entire fleets and make due with the remaining capabilities, it's a fiscal reality whether we like it or not.
04-12-2014 | 07:29 AM
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Looks like the Hawg ain't dead yet.
Lawmakers may save the Hog.
Lawmakers may save the Hog.
04-12-2014 | 10:17 AM
#20
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From: A-10
I flew the A-10 for 12 years and spent 3 on the ground with the Army as an ALO/JTAC. It is unfortunate for the ground pounders that this jet is going away. This isn't about saving money. It's about saving lives. There is nothing out there that can even compare to the amount of destruction, accuracy and flexibility that the A-10 can provide. Retire the A-10, fine but lets redesign it and help out our bros on the ground. What the brass fails to see is the AF is a support agency. We support the troops on the ground at all levels. You can't do that with a F-35 with no gun (150 rds of 20 MM) and a few bombs with no loiter time.
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