Ancora polemiche fra US Army e USAF

Provate a indovinare il motivo… esatto, acquisto e gestione di aerei.

Dopo aver scippato gli Alenia C-27J all’Army National Guard, l’USAF sta nuovamente tentando di mettere i bastoni fra le ruote all’esercito, che (giustamente) sta cercando un sostituto per i vecchi bimotori C-23 Sherpa.

Da Aviation Week:

The U.S. Army and Air Force chiefs of staff are hashing out the details of an MOU on the light cargo lift mission.

If this all sounds familiar, it is. Recall that USAF Gen. T. Michael Moseley’s coming-out speech as the top Air Force officer at the AFA symposium in the fall of 2005. He took that opportunity to announce that the Air Force was pursuing a new light cargo aircraft procurement.

This proclamation was made oddly as the Army was in the midst of setting up its future cargo aircraft program, which was crafted to replace old Sherpas and provide more immediate access to commanders for cargo support.

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The service eventually took over authority for the buy of the C-27J and sliced it to 38;

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So, the question today as the Army and Air Force both attempt to normalize their fleets after surging for war support for a  decade is: What is the right number of small cargo lifters for the direct support role? And, who should lead this role?

Army officials have long argued that an Army officer must lead this mission to ensure that Army commanders’ needs are the priority; they fear that the Air Force will de-emphasize Army unit requirements against the more strategic priorities of regional cargo movements of larger amounts of goods.

“de-emphasize”… termine interessante. Ma quanto e’ ridicola l’Air Force da 1 a 10?

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