Friday, January 16, 2015

Seriously, the USAF Has Degenerated into a Shill for Defense Contractors

Case in point, Major General James Post, USAF, just said that praising the A-10 close support aircraft to Congress is treason:
A top U.S. Air Force general warned officers that praising the A-10 attack plane to lawmakers amounts to “treason,” according to a news report.

Maj. Gen. James Post, vice commander of Air Combat Command, was quoted as saying, “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,” in a report published Thursday on The Arizona Daily Independent.
This is all about making sure that Lockheed Martin gets it's vig, and that retiring generals get their cut.

They just deployed the A-10 to fight ISIS because they don't have anything else than can do the job, and an Air Force senior leader is telling his subordinates to conceal information.

Making the USAF an independent branch of the military was a seriously stupid thing to do.
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2 comments:

  1. CthulhuJanuary 17, 2015 at 10:15 AM

    I don't get it. The A-10 is an EXEMPLARY close support weapons platform. Why denigrate it?

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  2. Matthew SaroffJanuary 25, 2015 at 10:14 PM

    Because this general is looking at a future consulting gig post-retirement with Lockheed Martin.

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