This is breaking news. No one has ever thought that this could possibly happen.
This is breaking news. No one has ever thought that this could possibly happen.
the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a next-generation aircraft that is not needed in the military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, is projected to consume more money than the entire Coast Guard in 2011. Yet the F-35 program has suffered so many cost and technical problems that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates just fired its manager.
Slug said:" . . it shocks me that the Obama administration has increased the budgets for all military services except the USCG, being reduced by 3%. Personally I think our govt. could save much more money by cutting programs in the AF and Navy than by cutting the measly $10 billion USCG budget. Oh well, back to doing more with less, saving lives with a shoestring.
Au Contraire, it's been a subject of debate and contention almost from the start. Then RADM Nathman (as N88) proposed to DC Air (LTGEN McCorkle) that the USMC squadrons commited to operating aboard aircraft carriers be equipped with F-35C and the Navy expeditionary squadrons that deploy to Okinawa be equipped with F-35B. At that time, USMC wanted 100% F-35B. Later, GEN Newland (as ACMC) revived the discussion as part of the epic Navy/Marine Corps TACAIR Integration Study led by WBB and briefed out to SECNAV, which ultimately impacted the 2004 Budget.
I need to work on my sarcasm.
Then RADM Nathman (as N88) proposed to DC Air (LTGEN McCorkle) that the USMC squadrons commited to operating aboard aircraft carriers be equipped with F-35C and the Navy expeditionary squadrons that deploy to Okinawa be equipped with F-35B.
Tell that to the P/Growler squadrons supporting the AF . . .Do expeditionary Navy squadrons exist already? Or would that have been some kind of restructuring?
The Navy & Naval Air (and Marines) are expeditionary and always have been. That's why we the Sea Services and not the f%&king Army & Air Force!
while we await the coming of our robot overlords....uh, I mean better UCAVs.