{"id":57763,"date":"2015-01-20T12:27:04","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T17:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57763"},"modified":"2015-01-20T12:27:04","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T17:27:04","slug":"treasonous-a-10-defenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57763","title":{"rendered":"“Treasonous” A-10 defenders"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Arizona Daily Independent<\/a>, Major General James Post, Vice Commander of Air Combat Command, told junior officers that “if anyone accuses me of saying this, I will deny it . . . anyone who is passing information to Congress about A-10 capabilities is committing treason.”<\/p>\n

So, I guess it’s treason to defend a weapon system that saves US lives on the battlefield. In defense of the General, the local PAO wrote to the ADI;<\/p>\n

\u201cThe general\u2019s use of hyperbole in his comments during a recent discussion with attendees at a Tactics Review Board at Nellis were intended to communicate a serious point: the Air Force decision on recommended actions\/strategic choices for the constrained fiscal environment has been made and the service\u2019s position communicated.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, whatever. I guess every US infantryman who describes the warm and fuzzy feeling he gets when he sees the A-10 floating above his battle space is a traitor, well, in the hyperbolic sense. No one should tell Congress that Iraqis during the Gulf War called it the “cross of death” because of it’s unique shape and the fear the mere sight of it causes in our enemies. That’s a combat multiplier right there.<\/p>\n

Of course, the Air Force isn’t in the business of fighting wars, I suppose. The Swiss Army knife of the aviation community, the F-35, is supposed to replace the A-10 in it’s close air support role, but, according to Investors Business Daily<\/a>, the F-35 won’t be able to fire it’s 25mm cannon until 2019, even though it’s going into service this year with the Marine Corps. If the Air Force gets it’s way this year, troops will have no close air support for four more years.<\/p>\n

I’m sure that’s all good news for the Islamic State which is dealing with the “cross of death” currently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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