Skank

There has been a growing number of generals getting into trouble. I know the DCIA was retired. But this trend is astonishing. You guys been following the story about General Sinclair? OMG

You forgot the former president was impeached for what he did.

I think the comments made by Lt Gen Wyatt were forward thinking comments, hence he earned the rank of Lt Gen. The Air Force has touted the service as having a vision beyond our adversaries and sister services. Placing the MC-12W in a box and limiting the mission to ISR only does not constitute Air Force vision in any way, shape, or form. The more missions the aircraft can perform keeps the platform relevant and less likely to go away. Last time I checked, the Air Force was doing just fine before the first MC-12W squadron stood up in Iraq. The honorable Ashton B. Carter, Deputy SECDEF, has stated the plane lacks what the AF needs for future conflicts. "With respect to the [assets] that we put together quickly, under the pressure of combat, and which have been so amazingly successful, they do pose a managerial issue for us after the war because they were not essentially designed to last; they don’t necessarily have all the features that we wanted in a force that will be an enduring part of the force,” Carter said at a May 30 event at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington." If anyone paid close attention to Hurricane Katrina or Sandy an ISR aircraft could have played an important role during both catastrophes. I didn't hear anyone from C-130 units complaining when they had to airlift personnel and civilians in/out of Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina tore up the place. Flexibility is still the key to air power gentlemen. I am waiting for someone to say Lt Gen Ashton and the Deputy SECDEF are wrong. They have vision and understand the intricacies behind flexibility being the key to air power.