The current ROE our aviators are laboring under is killing morale and frustrating the hell out of them…
Courtesy of Fox News…
And we’re keeping folks on deployment 9-10 months, flying the crap out of airplanes, helos and log birds. And the F-35 is sucking down billions and isn’t capable of even dropping bombs…
Robert McNamara (and the F-111 among other things) during the Vietnam war, redux.
h/t JP
We clearly don’t want Warthogs looking for targets of opportunity while flying over ISIS occupied Iraq. Somebody might get hurt.
The F-35 is supposed to replace the A-10 isn’t it?
Clearly this generation of “leaders” no longer remembers the Nam era. Suddenly I feel a lot older.
LL +1
Of course, the obama administration really doesn’t want to defeat ISIS. The air strikes are just for show.
I understand that many sorties come back with the ordnance they left with.
Lack of targeting data.
Unfortunately I think this generation of leaders in the White House remembers Vietnam all too well – they want America to lose and suffer a loss of power and prestige, just like Vietnam.
+1
Has Congress voted to defend Syria from ISIS?
If you think the administration won’t crucify a pilot, a squadron commander and the air commander for collateral damage from an air strike they ordered your dreaming.
The F-35 is a turkey. The program never should have gotten this far. It was designed to do “everything”, and as a result it would do “anything” particularly well.
The Navy was smart enough to ditch the F-111. They should do the same here.
LL/Tim/Ed- Yeah and yeah… sigh And they DO come back without ever dropping on a lot of flights, even when they can SEE targets!
Rev- They don’t WANT to…
Aaron/WSF- you could be right. if so, that is TRULY sad!
Gerry- Of course they will, they ‘want’ show trials!
drjim- That it is… And the Navy can’t bail this time.
Hey Old NFO;
We in the Army called it the “Squad Leader in the Sky” syndrome. You have people that are more interested in covering their asses than making the calls.
Stupid, redux. So obscene.
+1 drjim
It is all too apparent that the lessons of Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc etc have NOT been learned by our “leaders”.
If you wish to win a war, tell the generals what you want accomplished, give them what they need to accomplish the task and stand back with your mouth CLOSED!
Bob- Good point, hadn’t heard ‘that’ term before..
PH- Yes it is!
Rick- Yep!
Roger- Exactly!!!
Sorry I was out of the loop for a day or two…
But this is the aspect of ‘Nam that I remember so well. And so painfully. It was just so d___ed frustrating it made me cry then. And still does. And now they’re at it again.