Simple...
To show the Air force how to fly CAS.Originally Posted by Fuchs
Seriously, because it can and due to a difference in traditions. In the US, all services own and control most of their own aircraft. Think of it as a Federal system as opposed to a centralized state. It is mildly inefficient, it is not at all ineffective.
Last edited by Ken White; 01-31-2012 at 10:34 PM.
I still wish the Air Farce would have given the A10 to the Marines. It is still the finest CAS fixed wing air craft available IMHO.To show the Air force how to fly CAS.
Seriously, because it can and due to a difference in traditions. In the US, all services own and control most of their own aircraft. Think of it as a Federal system as opposed to a centralized state. It is mildly inefficient, it is not at all ineffective.
The F35 is on a short leash.
This blog post got a bunch of hits from the NCR http://selil.com/archives/2689
This is the article that I based my blog post on http://armedforcesjournal.com/2011/09/7558132/
There most assuredly are better acquisition and weapons requirements strategies than what we're doing now.
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Yep...
True dat...True dat as well -- that's a good Post at the link! Works for me...This blog post got a bunch of hits from the NCR http://selil.com/archives/2689. . .There most assuredly are better acquisition and weapons requirements strategies than what we're doing now.
At the risk of being the resident curmudgeonly cynic, I have to warn you: I think the NCR visitors to the Post may be Congressional Staffers drawn to see such money saving and common sense heresy and who are likely determined to stop you before you annoy the Major Defense Contractors and affect jobs in their Bosses districts...
Though hopefully, the visitors would be folks who see the wisdom of the idea and push it into adoption...
MV-22B and CH-53K
Defense Industry Daily has issued an updated report on USMC efforts to ‘deconflict' and 'progress’ the CH-53K and MV-22B projects. Report is at
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...-updated-01724
Added by Moderator at author's request (3hrs ago):The update of DID's report on the CH-53K was released in public domain. That was later changed to subscriber only. Advice from DID is that there was some technical problem, also that the update will not be re-released as public.
Last edited by davidbfpo; 04-23-2012 at 09:28 AM. Reason: 3rd paragraph added
Relentless is the new normal.
From the link above:
I think it might be better said that usage rates are 3 times projected.But the helicopters are wearing out. Fast. The pace demanded by the Global War on Terror is relentless, and usage rates are 3 times normal.
If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed. – Mark Twain (attributed)
de-conflicting without progress
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Last edited by davidbfpo; 04-23-2012 at 09:28 AM. Reason: Text moved to Post 10
intemittent access
Another update of DID's 'CH-53K: The U.S. Marines' HLR Helicopter'... is again publicly available (briefly ?) at
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/...-updated-01724
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