tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post7542297316998060268..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Another Step BackwardsGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-86223088731747974922007-09-04T03:02:00.000-04:002007-09-04T03:02:00.000-04:00For what it's worth, here's the professional opini...For what it's worth, here's the professional opinion from a former US Air Force pilot about the HH-47 as a SAR helicopter (scroll down a paragraph or so to see the letter):<BR/><BR/>http://boeingc17.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html<BR/><BR/>From the article:<BR/>"...procuring the HH-47 for the CSAR mission makes as much sense as entering a Winnebago in a NASCAR race."Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07192124757687758982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-6667217988634679382007-09-02T18:06:00.000-04:002007-09-02T18:06:00.000-04:00Mike is right, but the fight for the almighty doll...Mike is right, but the fight for the almighty dollar has eclipsed military needs and has assisted in the loss of American Military lives for the last forty years. <BR/><BR/>With turnaround time for almost anything, five to ten years minimum, and costs always overrun and estimates always wrong, and the final product always having major problems, our Military is not getting the support it needs, when it needs it and what it needs.<BR/><BR/>And the American taxpayer is getting screwed big time, every time, all of the time.<BR/><BR/>Very few but insiders knew of this of course for years and years. But with the advent of the Internet and people speaking out, it is becoming common knowledge just how screwed up our system is.<BR/><BR/>Papa Ray<BR/>West Texas<BR/>USAPapa Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11454201360366303944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-70243097784652987852007-08-31T20:25:00.000-04:002007-08-31T20:25:00.000-04:00It's gotten to the point where it's almost surpris...It's gotten to the point where it's almost surprising if DoD awards a contract (especially aviation related) without the losers protesting the decision...I don't even want to think about what KC-X is going to be like.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122811314990661743noreply@blogger.com