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From the man; 1. Cut services and support contractors by 10% a year, for the next three years. 2. Freeze on size of OSD/COCOM staffs for the next three years. 3. Freeze number of General Officers and Senior Executives at FY10 levels. Tasked DOD to provide plan by 1 November to eliminate 50 General Officer positions and 150 Senior Executive positions. 4. Consolidate all DOD IT services. 5. Freeze the number of DOD studies at FY10 level and develop plan to cut number of studies by 25%. 6. Review of all outside boards and commissions, as well as cut their budget by 25%. 7. Cut DOD intel functions by 10%. 8. a. NII and J-6 go away, functions transferred to AT&L. b. Cut Business Transformation Agency. c. Close JFCOM, JT Staff to assume duties.

Gates to kill JFCOM

Wow...just wow.

Asymmetric thrust is a bitch.

Absolutely NOT true. The number of General Officers (and all officers), is prescribed by 10 U.S.C. § 525. that being said, Secretary Gates in a speech last month called for a reduction in the number of senior officers. It is convenient to make broad generalizations, but yours is void of fact.

Whatever Cliff Clavin. I could really care less what you buy... I never said gunships flew TF...I said you don't need a radar to fly TF.

DOD Identifies Air Force Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of four airmen who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died June 9, near Forward Operating Base Jackson, Afghanistan, in a helicopter crash. Killed were: Staff Sgt. Michael P. Flores, 31, of San Antonio, Texas, assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. 1st Lt. Joel C. Gentz, 25, of Grass Lake, Mich., assigned to the 58th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Staff Sgt. David C. Smith, 26, of Eight Mile, Ala., assigned to the 66th Rescue Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base. Senior Airman Benjamin D. White, 24, of Erwin, Tenn., assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Him...Him

Exactly...there are still a few great ones out there.

TERPROM

You do NOT need a radar...

ARGH...... Best gunship ever is NOT a C-130. Unsure why folks want to see an evolution in capability like you will with a C-130J, rather than a revolution like you would with say a AC-757. Why do we insist on a platform that keeps us squarely in the heart of most threat envelopes? With all the 757/767 airframes parked in boneyards around the world, why not put the sensors and weapons on a platform that can overfly a vast majority of current lower threats, cruise to the target are at high subsonic speeds, and has the unrefueled range to fly across the ponds. For the record, the C-130 platform WILL handle the GAU-8 vibration...as will a 757 with a beefed up floor. Christ, sometimes it is like pushing a noodle trying to get people to think 20-30 year sin the future. Trust me. with 3,000+ hours in the gunpig, I LOVE the 130 platform, but it is NOT the best solution for the future.

My guess, a force management issue for two reasons; 1. The RPV/U-28/RC-12 programs have consumed most of the extra fight pilots and an ever growing portion of UPT graduates. 2. There is most certainly a force reduction on the horizon, as the wars draw-down in the next few years and the budget crisis grows, there will be enormous pressure to reduce the size of the force and it will be difficult (but not impossible), to field this in large numbers, especially if the intent was to establish an IW wing (like I am in favor of). The disconnect that I see is the cost savings. SECDEF is putting a lot of pressure on the system to limit costs. CNXing the F-22 and other big systems, coming out (STS), in the press this week calling for a smaller pay raise for the military, and over the weekend more questions about the size of the military's TACAIR programs/fleet. Also, Light-attack fits what QDR and a lot of the thought coming out of think tanks, we will likely fight small wars for the next 10 years, light-attack makes sense financially, tactically, and strategically. CSAF said our traditional platforms will continue to provide the capability which will cost a LOT more, in some cases 10X the cost of light-attack. This story is FAR from over and I suspect there is a LOT more going on behind the scenes.

Fucking California... American students punished for wearing American flags to an American school on a day that celebrates a war between Mexico and France...UFB!!! Someone please pass mensurated coordinates for Berkley.

No shit...welcome to 1970... This thread has turned into a SNAPfest.

They would be better served to send them to Doyle Brunson's Poker Boot Camp.

Rainman, not sure how long it has been since you made a visit to Nellis, but "the room" changed under K-9. BLUF - Forced fun is no longer forced. CORE I first Friday still happens, but that is about it on the mandatory side. All the Squadron (division) boards, came down and a lot of old prints went up turning the place into more of a "Heritage Room". Drinking returned to the squadrons with the exception of as you pointed out, the GSU Squadrons. Not perfect, but not the days of old.

Lighten up Francis...it was a line in a poem.

I would just wash out the entire RPA WIC class... WIC - 5 LPA - 1

Yes

Whoever gave this dude shit needs to go fuck themselves...I get the big blue party line...but give the guy one night...he needs to deal with it. Expecting him to embrace the suck an hour after he finds out is fucking stupid. These are real people with real lives...let him work it out himself over a few beers you fucking retards.

Having recently done a LOT of research on this topic..."giving them away", is not as simple as it seems. The law needs to be changed and Congress is in no hurry to do so. For now, everything has to go through Foreign Military Sales, which is a nightmare that can take years and it completely contaminated by politics.

She was my T-38 IP in UPT and is a sincerely good egg and a great aviator. I took a gunpig to Andrews when she was the Wingking and she met me on the ramp, gave me a big hug, and drove me around like I was a DV. She is about as down to earth a person as I have ever met. I am glad to see she is going to 18th and it probably means she is on the 2-Star list.

DOD press Release DOD Identifies Air Force Casualties The Department of Defense announced today the deaths of two airmen who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. They died April 9 near Kandahar, Afghanistan, in a crash of a CV-22 Osprey. They were assigned to the 8th Special Operations Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla. Killed were: Maj. Randell D. Voas, 43, of Lakeville, Minn. Senior Master Sgt. James B. Lackey, 45, of Green Clove Springs, Fla. For further information, please contact the Hurlburt Field Public Affairs office at 850- 884-7464. ************************************************************************************************************** A dark day for AFSOC... Randell Voas was a prior service Warrant Officer in the Army and flew helos for a number years before taking a commission and flying MH-53s for the USAF. "JB" was a phenomenal human being. He worked for me for a few years and was simply one of the best people I have ever known. God bless your families brothers.