The Air Force Could Cut Loose Tons of Older Planes

I am ok with this for the following reason...these models are for one thing..air to air and we haven't had that in many many conflicts. Now the F-16...it has mutiroles and we would have to look at the specific role of each variant...the air to air role yeah get rid of it, the air to ground or the SEAD role...probably need to keep it around for a while. If we do we have the F-22 and F-35 coming on line that can multirole and kick some serous @$$. It will take time to put them out of the inventory and by that time our F-22 and F-35's will be fully operational anyway.

Maj Marty Hogan Lt Col Charlie Brown 1stSgt Glenn Brackin
Cpl Craig Morton SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth COL Mikel J. Burroughs
LTC Stephen C. CPL Dave Hoover PO3 Bob McCord
Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Sgt Wayne Wood PVT James Strait
SFC Jack Champion MSgt David Hoffman MSgt Stephen Council
SGT Elizabeth Scheck PO1 H Gene Lawrence 1SG Steven Imerman SGT Steve McFarland SSgt Terry P.

Hope a back up plan is in place!

COL Mikel J. Burroughs Maj Marty Hogan TSgt David L. Cynthia Croft Col Carl Whicker LTC Stephen F. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SMSgt Lawrence McCarter CPL Dave Hoover SPC Douglas Bolton LTC Greg Henning Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col Charlie Brown Sgt (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland PO3 Phyllis Maynard Sgt John H. PO3 Lynn Spalding SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SSG Robert "Rob" Wentworth

If the maintenance costs are exceedingly high and capabilities of the aircraft have diminished, then perhaps it is time to remove them from service, but if not, they have a place in the Air Forces inventory... Just my view without knowing all the facts regarding each aircraft... Lt Col Charlie Brown...