tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004611408106715980.post3915607809693012259..comments2023-12-22T19:58:58.655-05:00Comments on Air Force Association Blog: Note from the President: Op-eds -- Lloyd, West, Ralston, CarlucciThe Air Force Association Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00262071008560681148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004611408106715980.post-13724491426841775792011-05-28T01:47:43.040-04:002011-05-28T01:47:43.040-04:00Those were some good comments. Since I have such a...Those were some good comments. Since I have such a distaste for SECDEF Gates, it wouldn't be prudent to judge him. Number 180 F-22 should have rolled off the line enroute to 240. We should open the KC-10 assembly tomorrow and buy about 180 and then decide what we need in additional tankers. We do not need more "Combat Trained" Airmen. That is the job for Marines and Army. We are in such hurting status, right now, we couldn't fight our way out of a paper bag, much less a paper tiger. LT/COL Ed SkeenEd Skeenhttp://elesco@tx.rr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9004611408106715980.post-73293290922613805122011-05-26T20:58:45.361-04:002011-05-26T20:58:45.361-04:00Terry Lloyd's op-ed is very thoughtful but it ...Terry Lloyd's op-ed is very thoughtful but it misses the most fundamental requirement for a sound Department of Defense policy and that is a clearly articulated and broadly agreed upon long-term national defense policy upon which a force structure can be sized, organized, trained and equiped. Developing a well thought out policy agreed upon within the Exectutive branch of government and (one would hope) endorsed by the legislative branch of government - is long overdue in the post-Cold War era.Col. Dennis M. Drew, USAF, Ret.noreply@blogger.com