tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7033771819055847801..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: A Change at the TopGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-29364590522822219082008-06-10T09:40:00.000-04:002008-06-10T09:40:00.000-04:00I think this article from Stars and Stripes sheds ...I think this article from Stars and Stripes sheds more light on the issue. http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=55432<BR/><BR/>Gates had recently criticized the AF for not providing enough support to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. <BR/><BR/>Now manning cuts in the AF have been suspended. Gates wants more bodies to prosecute the wars not more technology. <BR/><BR/>The nuclear incidents are simply icing on the cake. One wonders if Gates was not already upset over manning vs technology if the nuclear incidents would have registered at all.A. McCroryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09465277836269851910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-86108924139974504872008-06-06T03:37:00.000-04:002008-06-06T03:37:00.000-04:00The brothers Goldfein can't be far behind...The brothers Goldfein can't be far behind...PCSSEPAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06409465703196815386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-39269361369920953062008-06-06T00:34:00.000-04:002008-06-06T00:34:00.000-04:00RE: The service has also been faulted for its hand...RE: The service has also been faulted for its handling of recent acquisition decisions. In April, the USAF selected a French-built aircraft for its next generation tanker, igniting howls of protest from rival Boeing and members of Congress. The Government Accountability Office is currently evaluating a protest of the tanker contract, with was awarded to Northrop-Grumman and its European partner, EADS.<BR/><BR/>What French-built aircraft? Careful! - That trope is part of Boeing's propaganda. EADS/Airbus itself is mostly German and Spanish, and the KC-45 is about 60% US content. When production is in full swing, France's piece will be even smaller.SMSgt Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126690689798203866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-35369234251322281272008-06-05T23:02:00.000-04:002008-06-05T23:02:00.000-04:00I wonder if the long running spat between Gates an...I wonder if the long running spat between Gates and Mosley over increased UAV flights in the CENTCOM theatre also played a role? While Mosley argued that there simply were not enough pilots available, Gates was recently quoted as saying, "<I>I’ve been wrestling for months to get more intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance assets into the theater. Because people were stuck in old ways of doing business, it’s been like pulling teeth,”</I> and <I>“All this may require rethinking long-standing service assumptions and priorities about which missions require certified pilots and which do not.”</I>Storms24https://www.blogger.com/profile/14360242925876169578noreply@blogger.com