dvlax40 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 http://news.yahoo.com/u-air-force-probed-scrapping-costly-planes-bought-023330679--sector.html lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clark Griswold Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 (edited) A visual is necessary to comprehend the monumental waste. US-funded Afghan C-27s scrapped for 6 cents per pound Edited October 12, 2014 by Clark Griswold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestik Møøse Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Criminal mismanagement. I'm glad the story's out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discus Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Hey, at least NATC-A got all the FE seats to build a movie theater in the hooch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoleIt Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Sickening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hookdriver Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Someone needs to get fired over this. Or executed. I am ok with either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvlax40 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 what kills me is they could have DONATED those planes to aviation technology schools for instruction, hell the avionics alone would have been a good teaching tool? i get its a military aircraft, but strip out the countermeasures, comms, any things else sensitive and BFD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HossHarris Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 I sat and watched the giant chopper take the wings off of these perfectly functional planes, and then fuse, tail, etc. Looked inside one right before they chopped them. Full avionics and everything. There was no attempt to salvage anything. Edit: That was one week into my one year tour here. Coincidently, it is also when I ceased having any fucks to give. The quicker you get to phase 5, the better off everyone is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperMan Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 (edited) Ehh, don't worry about it...we'll make up for it with the new flat-rate per diem that was just established for TDYs that exceed 180 days!!! http://www.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/223/Article/503463/af-to-implement-tdy-policy-changes.aspx /sarcasm I wonder how long it will take for this new policy to make up for the "nearly $500 million in U.S. funds spent on the program"...without doing the math, what's the over-under on that timeline reaching into the 100s of years? Putting them out on the Nellis range and letting me drop live (or inert) -12's on them would have been $$$ better spent... Edited October 12, 2014 by ViperMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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