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Looks like our air force is aging, falling behind and is in need help. Pretty good article--though not comprehensive.

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-us-air-force-is-headed-for-a-crash-too-many-old-planes-not-enough-cash?ref=home

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Barring some radical shift in the cost of new technology, future administrations could face a difficult choice. Either boost Air Force budgets to Cold War levels or higher, or shrink the flying branch to an affordable size.

“Growing the force is going to compete directly with modernizing the force,” Todd Harrison, an analyst with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., told Breaking Defense, a trade publication

 

And it’s going to cost. The CBO projected that, if the Air Force replaced each old plane with a single new one possessing similar capabilities, the branch’s budget for new aircraft would have to rise from around $10 billion in 2018 to $15 billion in the mid- to late 2020s, and to $26 billion in 2033. All figures are in 2018 dollars.

 

It’s a price worth paying, Deptula said. “The only thing more expensive than a first-rate Air Force is a second-rate Air Force.” Deptula pointed out that all major U.S. military operations depend on the Air Force controlling the sky.

Without fighters providing top cover, cargo planes shuttling in supplies and surveillance aircraft keeping tabs on enemy forces, U.S. troops could find themselves out-gunned, underfed and blind, especially in high-intensity combat with a sophisticated enemy possessing its own powerful air force.

“The Air Force has been significantly underfunded for over two decades,” Deptula added. “Unless this trend is reversed, the U.S. military can expect to suffer significant losses in the next major regional conflict, and risk loss altogether.”

 

Tax cuts, health care or a modern military? :cry:

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Maybe this bridges the tactical and strategic(with liberal borrowing from past Homeland plots.)   Let's go back to the drone downing and attacks on the Saudi refineries, and the speculation

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Cool, end all foreign aid to them as well.

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8 minutes ago, Tiberius said:

Looks like our air force is aging, falling behind and is in need help. Pretty good article--though not comprehensive.

 

https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-us-air-force-is-headed-for-a-crash-too-many-old-planes-not-enough-cash?ref=home

Tax cuts, health care or a modern military? :cry:

 

That decline is the result of the past two administrations (purposely) neglecting the military (while waging multiple wars). 

 

Trump secured the largest military budgetary increase in decades to fix that neglect. That money is already allocated and secured, regardless of tax cuts. 

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11 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said:

 

That decline is the result of the past two administrations (purposely) neglecting the military (while waging multiple wars). 

 

Trump secured the largest military budgetary increase in decades to fix that neglect. That money is already allocated and secured, regardless of tax cuts. 

Three administrations, actually, and the Congresses that were with them. I just hope the money is spent wisely for modern, forward looking purposes.

 

Taxes will have to go back up as well

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7 minutes ago, The_Dude said:

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/daughters-late-podiatrist-claim-diagnosed-donald-trump-bone-spurs-vietnam-war-favor-134618527.html

 

Well NOOOOO *****. I didn’t need proof to know that — it’s just obvious. 

This is from the original NYT article about this that I've already posted in the Trump/Media thread:

 

 

"The Times did not find documentation to help corroborate the family's account, who described themselves as Democrats who dislike Trump, and Elysa Braunstein was unsure whether her father ever examined Donald Trump."

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Just now, 3rdnlng said:

This is from the original NYT article about this that I've already posted in the Trump/Media thread:

 

 

"The Times did not find documentation to help corroborate the family's account, who described themselves as Democrats who dislike Trump, and Elysa Braunstein was unsure whether her father ever examined Donald Trump."

 

The man was an athlete in high school. COME ON........all of a sudden he cant do man things?

 

Did you Trump people know that? The Don was a gifted baseball player. 

 

"Bone spurs" has always been a privilege of the American wealthy during times of war. 

 

 

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3 minutes ago, The_Dude said:

 

The man was an athlete in high school. COME ON........all of a sudden he cant do man things?

 

Did you Trump people know that? The Don was a gifted baseball player. 

 

"Bone spurs" has always been a privilege of the American wealthy during times of war. 

 

 

 

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Go East, orange man.

 

Air Force One in Europe

 

Holiday rah-rah session for troop morale?

Holy *****, Trump hasn’t tweeted in 17 hours? Something must be seriously wrong with him. I hope he’s ok! 

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29 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said:

 

 

And that's whats sad about you. You don't care if the current Commander in Chief is a draft dodger. You don't care if the man in charge of troops is a draft dodger. I know. I get it. 

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1 minute ago, The_Dude said:

 

And that's whats sad about you. You don't care if the current Commander in Chief is a draft dodger. You don't care if the man in charge of troops is a draft dodger.

 

I know. I get it. 

 

 

No.

 

Obviously you do not.

 

 

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10 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

No.

 

Obviously you do not.

 

 

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No, I do. Trumpers do not care about honor and integrity. I understand. They don't care if they put a man in charge of soldiers who wouldn't share a foxhole with them. I completely understand. I don't respect it, but I get it. 

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2 minutes ago, The_Dude said:

 

No, I do. Trumpers do not care about honor and integrity. I understand. They don't care if they put a man in charge of soldiers who wouldn't share a foxhole with them. I completely understand. I don't respect it, but I get it. 

 

As a military man, would you rather a former service member who talks bad about the military, does not fund them properly, and puts them unnecessarily in harms way... 

 

Or a draft dodger who lauds and supports the military with nearly every public statement, funds them more so than any recent administration, pulls them out of perma war, and gives them their first pay raise in a decade?

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