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Saturday, October 27, 2007
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Tell us again about how the military is not stretched to the breaking point!
posted by
Clyde
6:09 AM
MRAPs going to Iraq on Russian cargo planes
The Air Force has been forced to use Russian commercial cargo jets to rush mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles from the U.S. to Iraq because it does not have enough C-5 and C-17 planes to do the job, the service's top civilian official said recently.
Air Force Secretary Michael W. Wynne said at an Oct. 24 House Armed Services Committee hearing that American reliance on Russian Antonov jumbo jets to move critical war supplies indicates that the Air Force may need more than its current 300 C-5s and C-17s.
"We are now sharing the mission of flying MRAPs over to Iraq between C-17s and Antonov airplanes," Wynne said. "Did [we] truly envision that we would fly war supplies with Russian-made airplanes? I don't know."
MRAP vehicles are the Defense Department's top procurement priority, and the department this month ordered an additional 2,400 to help protect American servicemembers from roadside bombs in Iraq. The department has said it needs 15,274 MRAPs for all the services.
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Hey G Bush! Tell me again how occupation vs.evil works. Reagan trickle on me tax policy. WMD lies.
99.9% of money belongs, because they deserve it, to the already rich.
And you expect me to apologize when I rob you?
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I see now. We need yet more cargo planes because they can't effectively use the ones they have now. Makes lot's of sense. How long has it been that they had to deliver shit? It's been years now, right? If they did need more planes (which they don't) it would be a good idea to buy the Russian planes. They're every bit as good and you can get three for the price of one. Let em fly MIGs.
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