Determined to find more money to pay for the incoming F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, top Air Force officials are seriously considering plans to dump its F-16 fleet, a move that occurs amid stiff opposition in Congress to the Air Force’s latest attempts to kill the A-10 Warthog, according to the War Is Boring blog.
The cuts were necessary to free up funds for the incoming F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the Air Force argued in a April 2015 memo to the House Armed Services Committee. More specifically, if the flying branch couldn’t retire A-10s at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, it would send the base’s Vipers to the boneyard instead.
After swift criticism from lawmakers, the Air Force recalled the memo, claiming it had not cleared the paper for release.
A new twist on an old military slogan is offering up a serious message to armed service members in the information age, revealing heightened concern about targeting by social media-savvy groups like ISIS, according to ABC News.