"Yikes! I Might Be...Militia!"
Following the May 7 roll-out of the fiscal year 2010 budget proposal for the Department of Defense, Air Force officials announced in a news release today plans to retire legacy fighters to fund a smaller and more capable force and redistribute people for higher priority missions.
The Combat Air Forces restructuring plan would accelerate the retirement [...]
Air Force to Retire Nearly 250 Fighter Aircraft
May 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments
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Medal of Honor Recipient Right on Boeing Snub
March 1st, 2008 · 4 Comments
Yesterday, the Pentagon announced it has chosen a bid from Northrop Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, which is based in France, instead of the KC-767 Advanced Tanker from Boeing, which is based in Chicago. One man, Hershel “Woody” Williams, thinks it was a terrible decision, and I agree.
Williams, West Virginia’s [...]
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