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Lost Our Cotten-Pickin' Minds F-22
I am a liberal: a liberal amount of freedom and a liberal amount of force when someone tries to take it away. Now I realize that its a popular notion the cold war is over and Russia and China - two of the most oppressive and aggressive nations on earth have some how morphed into benevolent capitalist but the reality is the only reason we are not ...
Posted to War Stories by zbzoom on July 22, 2009
F-22
The four billion they saved by scrapping the F-22 will be put to use elsewhere in the military budget. Evey penny of it.
Posted to War Stories by david wayne osedach on July 22, 2009
Recent US led Afghan Airstrike Violate International Law
International Law is explicit about civilian protection, including but not limited to Article 51, 52 and 57 of Protocol 1 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. Violation of these articles are demonstrable by the recent U.S. raid on an Afghan Village as reported in early May of 2009. Article 51: Protection of the civilian population Paragraph ...
Posted to War Stories by KCBWES on May 9, 2009
Re: At least she has a "nucular" weapons policy
When I was in the military at the end of the Vietnam War, the base commander would gather together all airmen to watch films of Soviet bombers and figther air craft. The idea was to motivate us why we stand alert to a ''first strike''. Of course, nuclear missiles and bombs primarily served as a deterrent to a ''first strike'', with the idea of ...
Posted to War Stories by richard_lee_morris on October 3, 2008
Army Promotions
Hooray! now if the Air Force could follow suit....
Posted to War Stories by RMarigny on August 5, 2008
Guard and Reserve
I agree with alot of others on The Fray. We have tons of Guard and Reserve doing an outstanding job right now. Working in Kuwait as a contractor for the Army I see the convoys rolling in and out everyday to up north.ALOT of them are these folks and serving our active duty troops just fine. I hear this alot. However, on the flip side, I don't ...
Posted to War Stories by krobby on May 7, 2008
Cannot Fix U.S. Military Without Fixing U.S. Society and Eco
I wonder what the ''military brat'' elected U.S. Senator from Virginia, a Democrat named James or Jim, thinks about your comprehensive and exhaustive prescription for improvements to our U.S. Military. Only a military officer who has been elected to public office, it seems, is entitled to offer an opinion, since remember: our national military ...
Posted to Fixing It by MichaelBernard1 on March 31, 2008
Who sets DoD "requirements" ?
To the Editor, Washington Post Who sets “requirements” for the Department of Defense? On Tuesday, February 19th the Post ran an AP story based on a February 5th interview with Air Force Maj. General Selva in which he is quoted as saying ''We have never rolled off of the requirement to field 381 F-22s,''. [Aging Air Force Wants Big Bucks Fix] The ...
Posted to War Stories by gporter on February 22, 2008
F-35 JSF is not a replacement for F-22
F-35 is designed to replace mainly F-16 and is smaller and lighter aircraft that has multiple roles and will be deployed by all 3 branches of military that has fighters - Navy, Marine, Air Force (hence the name joint strike fighter). F-22 is a large aircraft that is designed to replace USAF F-15. It's main function/asset is superior air-to-air ...
Posted to War Stories by ichen9 on February 14, 2008
'Lost' Nukes Expose Gaps in US Command and Control
On August 30, 2007, six advanced cruise missiles (ACMs) armed with nuclear warheads were mounted under the wings of a B-52H at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota and flown to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana, apparently without the authorization or knowledge of the nuclear arsenal command structure. This was first reported by the Military Times ...
Posted to The Spectator by earthmoon on September 6, 2007

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