Posted on Dec 3, 2015
What do you think about the supposed "manpower collapse" in the Air Force?
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It's not a collapse when it does exactly what was planned.
They wanted a smaller AF, they got a smaller AF. Now they noticed that they don't have enough people. That's a failure of thinking ahead.
IF something was predictable AND predicted, it does not happen "unexpectedly."
They wanted a smaller AF, they got a smaller AF. Now they noticed that they don't have enough people. That's a failure of thinking ahead.
IF something was predictable AND predicted, it does not happen "unexpectedly."
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I think manpower is a very real concern. In 1990 the Air Force was 535,000 strong and today it stands at roughly 313,000. I don't think the demand for air dominance, global strike, mobility, and everything else the Air Force provides has decreased but yet our force has.... I think it's naive to believe senior leadership didn't know that two years ago when they decided to cut 19,000 personnel though. I would venture to guess the political pressure and budget concerns took precedent over the health of the Air Force. It's sad but hopefully these pleas don't go unanswered...
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Capt Seid Waddell
Democrat administrations cut the military to be able to spend more on social programs regardless of what that does to national security; what is new here?
Elections have consequences.
Elections have consequences.
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"He who does not learn from history is doomed to repeat it" - George Santayama
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