Thanks for the input, Dave.
And, as the owner of a large retail establishment in Atlanta, GA, I sure hope the JSF gets some legs pretty soon.
While not a whole lot of the action will go on here at Lockheed's Dobbins AFB plant, there will be enough to keep a lot of people busy for a long time. The C130 business is very cyclical and we need a long term project like the JSF.
I am not a WarBird guy but the concept of that aircraft seems to make sense to me in that maybe we might be able to have a multi-task aircraft that will at least to a degree be acceptable to all arms of our military instead of the smorgasbord approach we have had in the past with all of those "Designer Aircraft" as I call them that are unique to very small segments of each Services needs.
Regarding your other comment, I hope that CMC gets his wish and that the Army and USMC swap places. The Marines have been all over Counter Insurgency warfare for years and if left to their own devices are very, very successful. Many have forgotten, but they were doing this in Viet Nam with their Hamlet Pacification program and it worked exceedingly well. Didn't fit in with the Army's Search and Destroy tactical plan so it went by the wayside.
In Iraq, same thing happened, they did their Counter Insurgency thing and then got run over by the Army yet again.
I am going to California on Tuesday for the dedication of a High School named after my Father, General Dad, and there is a Reception planned at the Camp Pendleton Officer's Club so maybe I can get some Intel as to how the current crop of Active Duty and Retired Generals on the West Coast see this thing playing out.
Not to get too political, but I would like to see us resolve at least one of these two conflicts successfully. I am afraid I do not see Iraq turning out very well.
Bill
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