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Henry J Cobb
August 21st 05, 11:38 PM
Don't wait, don't debate.
Place an order for a dozen CH-53E Super Stallions with Sikorsky on Monday then
ask the Congress to fund it. (Transfer funds from the DD(X) or F/A-22 or V-22
accounts to cover it in the meantime.)
http://www.wral.com/apncnews/4878005/detail.html
> The Marines have been forced into taking the extraordinary step because they
> have only 150 of their only heavy-lift workhorses left in their fleet. Six
> Super Stallions have been destroyed in crashes since 2001 and the rest are
> logging long hours in the air in war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan.
-HJC
CTR
August 22nd 05, 01:21 AM
HJC,
Maybe the Marines can just buy one off the lot? They may not get the
color they want though. Seriously, even if funding was made available
today, it would take almost two years to produce a helicopter. In the
mean time V-22s will be comming on line to fill the need,
CTR
Henry J Cobb
August 22nd 05, 07:33 AM
CTR wrote:
> Maybe the Marines can just buy one off the lot? They may not get the
> color they want though. Seriously, even if funding was made available
> today, it would take almost two years to produce a helicopter. In the
> mean time V-22s will be comming on line to fill the need,
Read the article please.
As usual in this war our troops are searching through junkyards to find the
tools for war.
Also the V-22 will not lift as much as the CH-53E does.
http://www.wral.com/apncnews/4878005/detail.html
-HJC
Jeb Hoge
August 22nd 05, 05:46 PM
AMARC isn't a junkyard.
Thomas Schoene
August 23rd 05, 03:42 AM
Henry J Cobb wrote:
> Don't wait, don't debate.
>
> Place an order for a dozen CH-53E Super Stallions with Sikorsky on
> Monday then ask the Congress to fund it. (Transfer funds from the
> DD(X) or F/A-22 or V-22 accounts to cover it in the meantime.)
And earn a trip to the Federal penitentiary of your choice.
OK, perhaps not jail, but only because such a blatantly illegal act would be
quashed long before it could come to fruition. Certainly it would result in
the immediate dismissal of the procurement official who tried it.
Reprogramming on this scale requires explicit Congressional approval.
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wrong to be put right." - Senator Carl Schurz, 1872
Eric Joiner
September 6th 05, 04:30 PM
Thomas Schoene wrote:
> Henry J Cobb wrote:
>
>>Don't wait, don't debate.
>>
>>Place an order for a dozen CH-53E Super Stallions with Sikorsky on
>>Monday then ask the Congress to fund it. (Transfer funds from the
>>DD(X) or F/A-22 or V-22 accounts to cover it in the meantime.)
>
>
> And earn a trip to the Federal penitentiary of your choice.
>
> OK, perhaps not jail, but only because such a blatantly illegal act would be
> quashed long before it could come to fruition. Certainly it would result in
> the immediate dismissal of the procurement official who tried it.
> Reprogramming on this scale requires explicit Congressional approval.
>
How about rescuing some Super Stallions from AMARC then?
KENG
September 6th 05, 11:06 PM
Being done here at Cherry Point right now. We have 3 here being restored
to flight status.
KenG
Eric Joiner wrote:
> Thomas Schoene wrote:
>
>> Henry J Cobb wrote:
>>
>>> Don't wait, don't debate.
>>>
>>> Place an order for a dozen CH-53E Super Stallions with Sikorsky on
>>> Monday then ask the Congress to fund it. (Transfer funds from the
>>> DD(X) or F/A-22 or V-22 accounts to cover it in the meantime.)
>>
>>
>>
>> And earn a trip to the Federal penitentiary of your choice.
>>
>> OK, perhaps not jail, but only because such a blatantly illegal act
>> would be quashed long before it could come to fruition. Certainly it
>> would result in the immediate dismissal of the procurement official
>> who tried it. Reprogramming on this scale requires explicit
>> Congressional approval.
>>
>
> How about rescuing some Super Stallions from AMARC then?
Thomas Schoene
September 7th 05, 02:27 AM
Eric Joiner wrote:
> How about rescuing some Super Stallions from AMARC then?
That's what they ARE doing, which is what promted Henry's little bout of
delusion in the first place.
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"Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when
wrong to be put right." - Senator Carl Schurz, 1872
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