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Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 8:49 pm
by johno
Congress to Air Force: Push to Retire A-10 ‘Misguided’
By Brendan McGarry | Wednesday, September 30th, 2015 4:58 pm
Posted in Air, Sequestration
U.S. lawmakers again rejected the Air Force’s proposal to retire the A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft, calling the decision “misguided.”
Congress on Tuesday agreed to a sweeping $612 billion defense bill, called the Fiscal 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, which sets policy goals and spending targets for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.
A fact-sheet distributed by the House Armed Services Committee, headed by Rep. William “Mac” Thornberry, a Republican from Texas, references the Air Force’s controversial proposal to divest its fleet of Warthogs, some of which are flying missions in the Middle East as part of Operation Inherent Resolve to target militants affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS.
“Rigorous oversight, endorsements from Soldiers and Marines about the protection only the A-10 can provide, and repeated deployments in support of OIR have persuaded many Members from both parties that the budget-driven decision to retire the A-10 is misguided,” the document states.
Warthog sez:
BRRRRRRRRRRRRT!!! Fuck You, Zoomie Brass!
Re: Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 9:17 pm
by powerlifter54
Win for the Troops on the Ground.
Bad news for the Jawas.
Re: Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 10:00 pm
by WildGorillaMan
Has there ever been a case like this in the past where the brass was gung-ho to eliminate a weapon that the rank and file was vigorously trying to keep in the fight?
Re: Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 12:01 am
by Shafpocalypse Now
They should make new ones
Re: Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 1:55 am
by DARTH
This^ Make a newer one with the same 30MM cannon but add two of the new 50cal electric cannons for Infantry shredding when 30mm is just too much.. or they want to use all 3 guns at once.
Re: Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 2:25 am
by nafod
Convert them to drones. After you've dropped and shot your wad, just martyr the thing when it reaches its service life.
Re: Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 3:29 am
by Pinky
Don't worry. If the Air Force retires the plane, it will live on. Every police force in the country will buy one on surplus. Instead of sending in the SWAT guys when they spot heat signatures that look like grow lights, they'll be able to vaporize your dog from the air. And all of the sudden those signs telling you speed limits are enforced by aircraft will take on new meaning.
Re: Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:24 am
by DARTH
nafod wrote:Convert them to drones. After you've dropped and shot your wad, just martyr the thing when it reaches its service life.
Something kind of fitting in the idea of killing jawas with Kamikaze drone plane!
Re: Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 8:00 am
by The Venerable Bogatir X
powerlifter54 wrote:Win for the Troops on the Ground.
Bad news for the Jawas.
Agreed.
I was out of the USMC a year before the sanbox games began, but have seen the A10 do its thing at WTI.
Funny thing is they've been talking about retiring that thing back when F4's were still flying.
Re: Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 9:45 am
by louburr
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:They should make new ones
all those plants are closed. we would need to contract with china
Re: Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 2:09 pm
by johno
This shows how corrupt & flawed our acquisition process is. AF Brass chose high-tech bright & shiny over what works on the ground and saves US lives.
Re: Congress Kicks Air Force in Nuts over proposed A-10 retirement
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 2:18 pm
by Shafpocalypse Now
All that money in that shitty new fighter plane designed by committee