Posted on Jan 16, 2015
AF GO statement makes headlines: Praising the A-10 to Lawmakers is ‘Treason’
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TSgt Joshua Copeland
MAJ (Join to see), that was one of the first places I seen this and then went looking for other articles to support his post.
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Wonder if it would also depend on the reasons.
Trying to make yourself better v/s taking care of Soldiers on the ground.
Trying to make yourself better v/s taking care of Soldiers on the ground.
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CW5 Jim Steddum
I think they have to minimize the impact of cost of the F35... they just increased the order to 57. Not sure this is taking care of ground troops.
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LTC (Join to see)
Chief, I was thinking more along the lines of keeping the A10 in the inventory because of its utility to ground troops. If I tell a congressman that I had a great experience with the A10 on the ground in combat, that is my honest assessment of a piece of equipment.
If I tell a congressman about how great the A10 is because i stand to gain something from it, then that is less noble.
I hadn't thought about the effect on the other systems. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
If I tell a congressman about how great the A10 is because i stand to gain something from it, then that is less noble.
I hadn't thought about the effect on the other systems. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.
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CW5 Jim Steddum
Sir, you're right. I was just thinking that if the General told his airman the "Why" it needs to be cut from the program, maybe there would be less backlash. Just like with what you said, telling Congress the "why" it is useful is a better sell than the less noble reasons.
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