Costs of war on terror causing pilots to reduce flying hours

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=29051

Pilots in U.S. Air Forces in Europe will be flying fewer hours as the command cuts costs to help pay for the global war on terror.

Capt. Alisen Iversen, a deputy public affairs chief for USAFE at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, acknowledged the cut, but gave no details.

“We have made the decision to cut flying hours,” she said in an e-mail to Stars and Stripes, “but the amount will depend on other efficiencies in both our flying program and other programs.”

The Air Force has asked USAFE to absorb $100 million in the current fiscal year for the global war on terror, Iversen wrote. The command has said previously it would reach that goal by cutting communication costs, eliminating unnecessary travel and taking other measures.

[Parche]

1. air force

what "war on terror"

what is "war on terror"

[maddezmom]

2. kick to combine

[lebkuchen]

3. Costs of war on terror causing pilots to reduce flying hours

Pilots in U.S. Air Forces in Europe will be flying fewer hours as the command cuts costs to help pay for the global war on terror.
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The Air Force has asked USAFE to absorb $100 million in the current fiscal year for the global war on terror, Iversen wrote. The command has said previously it would reach that goal by cutting communication costs, eliminating unnecessary travel and taking other measures.

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“Every command in our Air Force that flies airplanes is taking money out of its flying hour program,” said Hester, Pacific Air Forces commander.

Hester expressed concern that fewer flying hours would degrade pilot skills and affect readiness.

“Obviously, when ... you start taking down specific training flights, you are, in fact, starting to eat away into readiness,” he said in an interview last week in Washington, D.C.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=29051

[ixion]

4. in the annals of history, the so-called 'War on Terror' will be noted as

a pinnacle of corruption, and the construct that accelerated the inevitable decline of the American Empire.

That's my call, and I'm stickin' to it.

[Massacure]

5. Exactly. You cannot declare war on an inanimate object.

[UpInArms]

6. I'm certain that this is the Clenis's fault -

didn't he "decimate" our military preparedness?

:sarcasm:

[Stinky The Clown]

7. In Realityville, where I live, if one is "at war', one drills and trains

In Bushworld, when one is at war, one asks for no sacrifices, one cuts taxes and one reduces training time.

Its hard work keepin' the 'murkin people safe.

So we have our home grown Fauntleroy

who is a total screw-up

allowing these guys

to operate at will.

Wutta country