Posted on Jan 16, 2015
TSgt Joshua Copeland
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MAJ FAO - Europe
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TSgt Joshua Copeland
TSgt Joshua Copeland
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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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CW5 Jim Steddum
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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.
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CW5 Jim Steddum
CW5 Jim Steddum
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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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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.
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CW5 Jim Steddum
CW5 Jim Steddum
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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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AF GO statement makes headlines: Praising the A-10 to Lawmakers is ‘Treason’
CPT Zachary Brooks
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I just saw this on the news and wanted to see if someone had posted it here. Interested to see this kind of behavior from the higher ups. Does he own stock in whatever the proposed replacement is?

http://www.independentsentinel.com/airmen-threatened-with-treason-for-defending-the-a-10-to-congress/
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MSgt Bill Milligan
MSgt Bill Milligan
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Post should resign immediately, this type of behavior cannot be tolerated at any level. I have watched on the sidelines for years on the painful development of the F-35 a plane hat does nothing well except spend R&D money. 
Does anyone expect for the Air Staff and their LocMart cheerleaders actually believe that the F-36 s capable of taking over the A-10 CAS mission?
Its a crying shame when politics rule the day instead of sober decision making in regards to our national defense. The Air Force that I proudly served is becoming a hollow PC shell compared to what it once was. That alone is a national tragedy. 
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