Duey,
Point well taken (on doing the job). Right now it's A'stan- and it was a political decision not to spend the $$. I do NOT know, but I'm wondering if the USAF was able to devolve some NORAD commitments onto the CAF, thereby freeing more of it's forces to deploy to A'stan..?? Economy of effort, etc..??
The Fighter Force has also deployed without the Army (Gulf War 1, Serbia from Aviano) and no one complained.
Sure don't want to go down the road of knifing each other to gain a little more for ourselves....heck, I'm out, it's no longer personal
In much the same way that, when asked, I argued in favour of keeping the MBT role...and the AD role....and the SP Arty role....and the Recce role for Tac Hel......Lord, I even argued to keep the Bonny...imho, it will save lives, and THAT'S the right thing to do.
We're downsizing, and specialising, and maybe that's ok.....and maybe I oughta stay out of "what if's" on a cosmic level, as I still remember (and believe in) a combined arms heavy fighting force.
Cheers-Garry
Point well taken (on doing the job). Right now it's A'stan- and it was a political decision not to spend the $$. I do NOT know, but I'm wondering if the USAF was able to devolve some NORAD commitments onto the CAF, thereby freeing more of it's forces to deploy to A'stan..?? Economy of effort, etc..??
The Fighter Force has also deployed without the Army (Gulf War 1, Serbia from Aviano) and no one complained.
Sure don't want to go down the road of knifing each other to gain a little more for ourselves....heck, I'm out, it's no longer personal
In much the same way that, when asked, I argued in favour of keeping the MBT role...and the AD role....and the SP Arty role....and the Recce role for Tac Hel......Lord, I even argued to keep the Bonny...imho, it will save lives, and THAT'S the right thing to do.
We're downsizing, and specialising, and maybe that's ok.....and maybe I oughta stay out of "what if's" on a cosmic level, as I still remember (and believe in) a combined arms heavy fighting force.
Cheers-Garry