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Chuck Spinney: Killing the A-10 Hog (VII): Close Air Support Fly-off Farce

Killing the Hog (VII): Close Air Support Fly-off Farce Ask any battle-hardened American soldier or marine what the best close air support airplane is — especially if his unit is in close-quarters combat and in danger of being overrun — and his most-likely response would be the Air Force’s A-10 Warthog, affectionately known to grunts …

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Chuck Spinney: USAF Killing the A-10 Proven Solution for Close Air Support (CAS)?

Why Is the U.S. Air Force Dismantling Some of Its Stored A-10s? Old Warthogs should remain flyable by JAMES STEVENSON, War is Boring, 3 August 2016 The U.S. Marine Corps, tired of waiting for the continuously-delayed F-35B, has gone to the Arizona boneyard to retrieve some of its preserved, first-edition F-18 Hornets to fulfill its …

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Chuck Spinney: Analysis of Kunduz Hospital Bombing — Is the USAF Incapable of Doing Close Air Support (CAS)?

The author, a long time friend, is a retired Marine Lt. Colonel and, as a junior officer, served as forward artillery observer in heavy combat in Viet Nam. Key questions unasked in the news about the US attack on Kunduz Hospital By David Evans, Fabius Maximus Website, 22 Oct 2015 10 Hard Questions Below the …

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Event: Friday 22 NOV 13 Washington DC Close Air Support and the A-10 — Is US Air Force Ready to Turn Close Air Support Over to the US Army?

CLOSE AIR SUPPORT WITH AND WITHOUT THE A-10 — WILL US TROOPS GET THE HELP THEY NEED? A Seminar on Supporting US Ground Forces in Combat, Fighting Effectively in Future Wars, and Acquiring Effective Hardware at Affordable Prices Sponsored by the Straus Military Reform Project and the Project On Government Oversight Time: Friday, November 22, …

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Art Kleiner: The Felt-Fair Economy and the Future of Economic Confidence

THE FELT-FAIR ECONOMY AND THE FUTURE OF ECONOMIC CONFIDENCE By Art Kleiner Introduction In the 1940s, Elliott Jaques – an eminent and original organizational theorist, and the person who coined the terms “corporate culture” and “midlife crisis” – introduced a management metric he called “felt-fair pay.” He interviewed thousands of employees at hierarchical organizations around …

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J. C. Cole: American Gray Swans – June 2020 — Bye Bye American Billionaires!

American Gray Swans – June 2020 Bye Bye American Billionaires! If you know the famous song by Don McLean – American Pie from the 1970’s, sorry I had to ad-lib a little to make the point. So Bye Bye American Billionaires! I drove my Chevy to the levee, but the levee was dry. And them …

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