*** Shore Up America's Air Superiority - China's military modernization means the U.S. and its allies need to take countermeasures. | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1232214 United States 01/16/2011 12:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: *** Shore Up America's Air Superiority - China's military modernization means the U.S. and its allies need to take countermeasures. We need to make sure we can smack those Dongs. Quoting: Least ServantAmerica has long since lost much of it's ability to fight an air war with anything but third world countries. (Jane's encyclopedia) Our aircraft are too expensive and too complex to keep operational very long, our pilots are eliteist collage brats that couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. (Brigader General Robin F. Olds USAF Ret.) Fighter General and ace in WWII and 3 Mig kills over Vietnam. America's general aviation industry is a corporate monopoly in ruins, and if ever called upon again to train a large number of pilots would fail. All of my beloved country's potential adversaries have done exactly the opposite. Russia has taught China and other building powers that cheap reliable aviation products & pilots are essential to an air defense or offense perpared to mount a protraced and costly struggle. Remember our greatest generation's pilots were farm boys from Nebraska and Kansas instead of the top of the class at the Air force Academy,not to say those boys won't give their all when the time comes its just that we have so very few of them and no venues to create more pilots quickly. (Name Withheld) USN Retired Air group 19 USS Princton, pilot & 20 year Veteran served in two wars. |
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User ID: 1059702 United States 01/16/2011 02:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: *** Shore Up America's Air Superiority - China's military modernization means the U.S. and its allies need to take countermeasures. We need to make sure we can smack those Dongs. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1232214America has long since lost much of it's ability to fight an air war with anything but third world countries. (Jane's encyclopedia) Our aircraft are too expensive and too complex to keep operational very long, our pilots are eliteist collage brats that couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag. (Brigader General Robin F. Olds USAF Ret.) Fighter General and ace in WWII and 3 Mig kills over Vietnam. America's general aviation industry is a corporate monopoly in ruins, and if ever called upon again to train a large number of pilots would fail. All of my beloved country's potential adversaries have done exactly the opposite. Russia has taught China and other building powers that cheap reliable aviation products & pilots are essential to an air defense or offense perpared to mount a protraced and costly struggle. Remember our greatest generation's pilots were farm boys from Nebraska and Kansas instead of the top of the class at the Air force Academy,not to say those boys won't give their all when the time comes its just that we have so very few of them and no venues to create more pilots quickly. (Name Withheld) USN Retired Air group 19 USS Princton, pilot & 20 year Veteran served in two wars. Eh, that's just high ranks with agendas... We'll EW their asses to death. :romaflag: Not enough to fight, too many to die. |