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K. Davis, Bending the Health Care Cost Curve: New Era in American Health Care?, The Commonwealth Fund Blog, January 2012.
January 18, 2012
By Karen Davis, Ph.D.
Health care spending in 2009 and 2010 grew at the slowest rates in 50 years. This startling news, published in an article by staff of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in Health Affairs, was largely attributed to the shrinking economy.1 Loss of jobs and insurance, slow growth in wages and family incomes, and greater out-of-pocket health care costs have undoubtedly caused uninsured, underinsured, and low-wage workers and their families to forgo care, contributing to the slowdown in health spending. An estimated 9 million people became uninsured when they lost a job with benefits over 2008–10, and they were much more likely than those who did not lose coverage to report delaying needed care.2
Future Spending Lower Than Expected. A major point that has been overlooked in the analysis is that CMS is projecting lower health spending over the rest of the decade. While it is almost certainly the case that the poor economy is having an effect on current spending, the recession doesn't plausibly explain why projected health spending in 2020 is substantially below estimates made just two years ago. Either the original estimates were too high, or the tectonic plates underlying the health system are beginning to shift in anticipation of new incentives under health reform or in response to health care leaders' efforts to transform care over the last decade.
CMS's estimates of health care spending through the end of the decade have been steadily falling over the last year and a half. As shown in Exhibit 1, the most recent projection of national health spending in 2020 is $4.6 trillion, or 19.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), compared with its projection of $4.9 trillion, or 21.1 percent of GDP, in 2009 in the absence of reform. This represents a $275 billion (5.6 percent) reduction for 2020, compared with pre-reform estimates. Moreover, that projection represents a cumulative reduction of $1.7 trillion over the 10 years from 2011 to 2020.3
This reduction in projected national health spending is particularly important because the pre-reform projection of health care costs was used by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the CMS Office of the Actuary in estimating the cost and impact of health reform. Already, spending is far below the trajectory projected to result from implementation of the Affordable Care Act.4 In fact, reduction in utilization of health services and trims in payment rates under the Affordable Care Act more than offset the projected cost of covering the uninsured.
Projected Medicare spending is even further below original estimates, and provisions in the Affordable Care Act play a major role in the new, lower numbers. As shown in Exhibit 2, Medicare spending in 2020 is now estimated to be $922 billion, which is $150 billion lower than the $1.07 trillion projected by CMS pre-reform. As the Health Affairs authors note, Medicare savings come from Affordable Care Act changes in payment rates for Medicare Advantage plans, home health agencies, and other providers (effective October 1, 2009), fraud and abuse provisions, as well as requirements for prescription drug rebates for Medicare managed care plans (effective January 1, 2010). The official CBO health reform estimates included $397 billion in projected Medicare savings from Affordable Care Act provisions over the 2010–19 period.5 But it would now appear that the reduction in projected Medicare outlays over a 10-year period is almost twice that.
At a minimum, dire predictions that the Affordable Care Act would fail to control costs and, in fact, accelerate spending have not been borne out by the early experience. It now appears that both the costs of covering the uninsured and Medicare spending are substantially below pre-reform estimates.
The Role of Health Care Delivery Reform. While the recession has played an important role in the reduced utilization of health care services, the efforts made over the last decade to transform health care delivery may also have contributed to slower spending growth. Private sector initiatives have been encouraging hospitals and physicians to adopt improved safety methods, reach performance benchmarks, and reorganize care to achieve greater value. Private insurers and Medicaid have begun to pay for care differently, creating opportunities for new models of health care delivery. For almost a decade now, Medicaid programs in 41 states have been supporting the adoption of the patient-centered medical home model of primary care to make care more accessible and reduce trips to the emergency department.6
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) legislation enacted in early 2009 is encouraging more hospitals and doctors to make meaningful use of health information technology, including the use of decision-support with appropriateness guidelines for elective procedures for which there has been substantial slowing in spending. The percentage of physicians who have adopted electronic health records doubled from 17 to 34 percent between 2008 and 2011.7 As hospitals and physicians move into the electronic age, duplication of tests is likely to drop and improved care coordination should help prevent avoidable hospitalizations and rehospitalizations, eliminate waste, and reduce inappropriate utilization of services.
The Affordable Care Act has removed financial barriers to preventive care for those covered by private insurance and Medicare, perhaps contributing to the drop in flu-related Medicare hospitalizations in 2010. Closer analysis of utilization trends—by type of service and population group—could lend insight into whether reduced utilization means better care and prevention, or reflects financial barriers to needed care. In other words, the kind of utilization matters: reducing overuse of unneeded services clearly is desirable while underuse of essential services is not.
Factors Affecting Employer and State Spending. Employers' share of health care spending has also slowed—down from 25 percent of total health spending in 2001 to 21 percent in 2010. This change is partly a result of employers shifting more costs to workers through higher deductibles and partly a reflection of higher unemployment. Employers also have been encouraging employees to switch from brand-name to generic drugs by offering lower copayments for the latter, which the Health Affairs article points to as one reason for slower drug spending growth. As brand drug patent protection ends, further slowing may be expected. Some employers are also taking advantage of Affordable Care Act provisions to provide incentives for employees to participate in health promotion activities.8
In addition, small businesses have benefitted from tax credits to help with insurance premiums.9 Up to 16.6 million workers are in small firms eligible for a business health insurance tax credit in 2010 to 2016. As shown in Exhibit 3, CMS projects that in 2020, private health insurance premiums paid by employers and individuals and out-of-pocket costs borne by patients will be $150 billion lower in 2020 than estimated pre-reform, with a cumulative reduction of $1.1 trillion over 2011–20—a savings of 7.4 percent to employers and households.
States in these tough times have been holding the reins on Medicaid provider payment, especially for nursing homes and home health care. Medicaid coverage and spending, however, have increased as states have covered some low-income individuals losing employer coverage and raised hospital payment rates to help them stay solvent.
The economic stimulus legislation also assisted states in weathering the economic contraction through higher federal Medicaid matching rates amounting to $82 billion from October 2008 through December 2010.10 States' share of health spending dropped from 18 percent in 2007 to 16 percent in 2010.11 Federal fiscal relief to states has had the effect of preserving eligibility for Medicaid as well as stimulating the economy and preventing loss of jobs.
Worrisome Trends. The most worrisome cost trend is the increase in health insurance overhead. Health insurance premiums are going up faster than benefit costs, with the net cost of private insurance administration growing 8.4 percent in 2010.12 Under the Affordable Care Act, workers will be eligible for rebates if carriers spend too little on medical costs relative to administration and profits. The Secretary of Health and Human Services and state insurance departments are also now reviewing insurance premium increases in excess of 10 percent. These actions may curb rising health insurance premiums, although this will need to be watched closely over the next few years, as will other sectors such as durable medical equipment, where costs are continuing to increase at rapid rates.
The consolidation of the health care sector is also troubling. While larger health systems may improve care coordination, they may also extract prices from private insurers in excess of competitive market rates.13 Again, this will bear close scrutiny and possible further action.
Conclusion. There is much to celebrate in this historic slowdown in health care costs. After a half-century of steadily increasing as a share of the economy, the health sector is now increasing at a more affordable rate. Further investigation of the root causes of this slowdown is certainly warranted.
It will be particularly important to deploy all of the tools in the Affordable Care Act to build on this beginning to ensure that beneficial services are provided while duplicative, preventable, and unnecessary services are eliminated. Attention should be given to assessing the impact of new methods of organizing the delivery of health care services, adoption of electronic information systems, and health reform provisions that will test and reward health care organizations that are accountable for achieving better outcomes, higher quality, and lower costs.
Staying the course toward a high performance health system shows promise of at long last bending the health care cost curve. It offers a far more promising approach to containing health care costs than increasing deductibles, cutting benefits, and shifting more of the financial burden of health insurance premiums and medical bills to working families and elderly and disabled Medicare beneficiaries.
Acknowledgements The author would like to thank Christine Haran, Martha Hostetter, Kristof Stremikis, Gary Reed, Anthony Shih, Sara R. Collins, Stuart Guterman, Anne-Marie Audet, Melinda Abrams, David Blumenthal, M.D., and Michael Chernew.
1 A. Martin, D. Lassman, B. Washington et al., and the National Health Expenditure Accounts Team, "Growth in US Health Spending Remained Slow in 2010; Health Share of Gross Domestic Product Was Unchanged from 2009," Health Affairs, Jan. 2012 31(1):208–19. 2 M. M. Doty, S. R. Collins, R. Robertson, and T. Garber, Realizing Health Reform's Potential—When Unemployed Means Uninsured: The Toll of Job Loss on Health Coverage, and How the Affordable Care Act Will Help (New York: The Commonwealth Fund, August 2011). 3 A. Sisko, C. Truffer, S. Smith et al., "Health Spending Projections Through 2018: Recession Effects Add Uncertainty to the Outlook," Health Affairs, Mar./Apr. 2009 28(2):w346–w347; A. Sisko, C. Truffer, S. Keehan et al., "National Health Spending Projections: The Estimated Impact of Reform Through 2019," Health Affairs, Oct. 2010 29(10):1933–41; and S. 4 Keehan, A. Sisko, C. Truffer et al., "National Health Spending Through 2020: Economic Recovery and Reform Drive Faster Spending Growth," Health Affairs, Aug. 2011 30(8):1594–1605. The out-year projections do not yet reflect the lower rate of spending growth in the most recent January 2012 release. 4 R. Foster, "Estimated Financial Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as Amended," analysis dated April 22, 2010. 5 D. M. Cutler, K. Davis, and K. Stremikis, The Impact of Health Reform on Health System Spending (New York: The Commonwealth Fund, May 2010). 6 http://www.nashp.org/med-home-map 7 Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HITECH Progress Fact Sheet, http://www.healthit.gov/achieving-MU/. 8 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, section 2705. 9 S. R. Collins, K. Davis, J. L. Nicholson, and K. Stremikis, Realizing Health Reform's Potential: Small Businesses and the Affordable Care Act of 2010 (New York: The Commonwealth Fund, September 2010). 10 A. Martin, D. Lassman, B. Washington et al., Jan. 2012. 11 Ibid. 12 Ibid. 13 J. Robinson, "Hospital Market Concentration, Pricing, and Profitability," The American Journal of Managed Care, June 2011 17(6):241–48.
Robert Bowman of Priority Infrastructure says: January 20, 2012
Claims of future savings in health care costs are premature. Non-primary care has yet to be reigned in. Non-primary care and those who most support it have demonstrated greater ability to defeat reforms almost as soon as they are proposed. There has been no change in the designers or those who benefit from the design. Primary care costs have long been reigned in by designs that guarantee insufficient workforce and insufficient spending. Double digit increases in the cost of delivering primary care exceed revenue increases. Expansion requires revenue to exceed the cost of delivering care. Such is the case only with non-primary care. Non-primary care services have expanded in numbers of services (and ancillaries) and in types of services and in additional personnel. Non-primary care has always found a way to bypass cost controls. It is non-primary care workforce that has driven US health care costs spiraling out of control. Temporary slowing at the current time is likely an indication just how severe the economic problems are. Because non-primary care has three dimensions of expansion working at the present time, it is actually not possible to predict just how much non-primary care workforce (and spending) will result. Expansions of MD, DO, NP, and PA workforce continue. Higher proportions choose non-primary care. The third dimension of expansion of non-primary care is actually due to primary care grads that steadily depart primary care for non-primary care during training, at graduation, and each year after graduation. Since annual training designs take 30 more years to fill to the design level, the workforce will continue to increase for decades even with a freeze on annual grads. Workforce leaders have concentrated on the next few years and have failed to understand that rapid expansion guarantees too much workforce. Since 1965 the non-primary care workforce design, based on annual graduate entry, has doubled each 15 years when considering MD, DO, NP, and PA workforce. In contrast primary care has doubled only once from 1965 to 1980 with stagnation since 1980. Primary care has been declining as revenue generation falls further behind double digit annual increases in the cost of delivering primary care. Powerful forces remain unchecked - the same forces driving the train for decades past and decades to come.
Stan Korducki of Wood County Hospital says: January 19, 2012
Thank you for releasing this analysis. Those of us operating within the field appreciate the research and the thought provocation the Fund's work offers. From my perspective though I think the short term decline in health spending is definitely tied to the weak economy, changes in benefit plan design, and consumer anxieties. The notion that the ideals and concepts that permeate the ACA have changed behavior is certainly subject to debate. I really believe that ACA has nothing to do with this result. However, if the economy is the key contributor to the short term change in health spending one of the huge weaknesses of the reform movement is highlighted. Under ACA patients really have no "economic skin in the game" for reasons that would seem to be more political than rational. In the current environment, patients (or potential patients) have a bit more of their own money at risk since they are subject to more economic exposure through employer sponsored insurance plan design. While it's regrettable that household budget concerns have more weight in America than the more important consideration of staying healthy or even alive this clearly drives health care consumer behavior. Maybe there are simpler solutions than pushing the creation of more high investment infrastructure such as is required to implement the ACO concept. While laudable, maybe we should keep it simple. This will be important since the ACA cost drivers are only really starting. f US mirrors the Massachusetts model, we'll find the costs despite the fine analyses in your article balloon beyond expectations. I do I'm wrong about that.


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The AC-130H Spectre gunship's primary missions are close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance. Other missions include perimeter and point defense, escort, landing, drop and extraction zone support, forward air control, limited command and control, and combat search and rescue.
These heavily armed aircraft incorporate side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated sensor, navigation and fire control systems to provide surgical firepower or area saturation during extended periods, at night and in adverse weather.
During Vietnam, gunships destroyed more than 10,000 trucks and were credited with many life-saving close air support missions. AC-130s suppressed enemy air defense systems and attacked ground forces during Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada. This enabled the successful assault of Point Salines airfield via airdrop and airland of friendly forces.
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During Operation Desert Storm, Spectres provided air base defense and close air support for ground forces. AC-130s were also used during Operations Continue Hope and United Shield in Somalia, providing close air support for United Nations ground forces. The gunships have most recently played a pivotal role during operations in support of the NATO mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, providing air interdiction against key targets in the Sarajevo area.
The AC-130 is an excellent fire support platform with outstanding capabilities. With its extremely accurate fire control system, the AC-130 can place 105mm, 40mm and 25mm munitions on target with first round accuracy. The crew of these aircraft are extremely proficient working in military operations in urban terrain [MOUT] environments.
The Air Force commemorated the end of an era 10 September 1995 with the retirement of the first C-130 aircraft to come off a production line. The aircraft, tail number 53-3129, went into production at the Lockheed Aircraft Co. in Marietta, Ga., in 1953 and was the original prototype of what was to become a long line of C-130 Hercules aircraft designed and built by Lockheed. The aircraft, affectionately dubbed "The First Lady," was one of five AC-130A gunship aircraft retired during an official ceremony. While the other four aircraft were sent to the Aerospace Marketing and Regeneration Center at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, the First Lady went on permanent display at the Eglin Air Force Base Armament Museum. The 919th Special Operations Wing's gunships, all around 40 years old, had reached the age of mandatory retirement. The only other gunships in the Air Force inventory are employed by active-duty members at Hurlburt Field, which has less than 20 gunships assigned.
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Currently funded weight reduction and center of gravity (CG) improvements to the AC-130H aircraft include: redesign of 40mm and 105mm ammo racks using lighter weight materials; reverse engineering of 40mm and 105mm trainable gun mounts using lighter weight material; and removal of non-critical armor. These efforts are performed by a sole source contract awarded to Rock Island Arsenal.
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Continuing the distinguished combat history of side-firing AC-130 gunships, the new AC-130U Spectre gunship is being fielded as a replacement for the AC-130A aircraft. This program acquires 13 new basic C-130H aircraft for modification and integration by Boeing to the AC-130U Gunship configuration. The AC-130U gunship airframe is integrated with an armor protection system (APS), high resolution sensors (All Light Level Television (ALLTV), infrared detection set (IDS) and strike radar), avionics and EW systems, a sophisticated software controlled fire control system, and an armament suite consisting of side-firing, trainable 25mm, 40mm, and 105mm guns. The strike radar provides the first gunship capability for all weather/night target acquisition and strike.
The acquisition program for this new gunship evolved from a Congressional mandate in the mid-1980s to revitalize the special operations force capabilties. Following the contract award to Rockwell in July 1987, the aircraft was first flown on 20 December 1990. FY92 procurement funding was increased to provide the 13th aircraft to replace the AC-130H lost during Desert Storm. Upon completing an exhaustive flight test program at Air Force Flight Test Center from 1991 to 1994 the first aircraft was delivered to AFSOC on July 1, 1994. Boeing's contract includes: concurrent development, aircraft production, flight test, and delivery. All aircraft have been delivered and the program is transitioning to the sustainment phase. A competitive contract for sustainment was awarded in July 1998.
The AC-130U is the most complex aircraft weapon system in the world today. It has more than 609,000 lines of software code in its mission computers and avionics systems. The newest addition to the command fleet, this heavily armed aircraft incorporates side-firing weapons integrated with sophisticated sensor, navigation and fire control systems to provide surgical firepower or area saturation during extended loiter periods, at night and in adverse weather. The sensor suite consists of an All Light Level Television system and an infrared detection set. A multi-mode strike radar provides extreme long-range target detection and identification. It is able to track 40mm and 105mm projectiles and return pinpoint impact locations to the crew for subsequent adjustment to the target. The fire control system offers a Dual Target Attack capability, whereby two targets up to one kilometer apart can be simultaneously engaged by two different sensors, using two different guns. No other air-ground attack platform in the world offers this capability. Navigational devices include the inertial navigation system (INS) and global positioning system (GPS). The aircraft is pressurized, enabling it to fly at higher altitudes, saving fuel and time, and allowing for greater range than the AC-130H. Defensive systems include a countermeasures dispensing system that releases chaff and flares to counter radar infrared-guided anti-aircraft missiles. Also infrared heat shields mounted underneath the engines disperse and hide engine heat sources from infrared-guided anti-aircraft missiles.
The AC-130U P3I program develops and procures modifications that correct software and hardware deficiencies of the AC-130U fleet discovered during flight tests and that were outside the scope of the original FY86 contract. These modifications will include the following: combine all necessary software requirements for the System Integration Test (SIT) system and hardware and software improvements for the APQ-180 strike radar system; upgrade the Tactical Situation Map; improve core avionics and computers required for the multi-mission advanced tactical terminal/integrated defense avionics system installation; upgrade the EW suite; and modify the software/hardware required for the trainable gun mounts. Return to Top
The AC-130H/U, AAQ-26 Infrared Detection Set (IDS) Upgrade program modifies the optics on the AN/AAQ-17 Infrared Detection Set (IDS) currently installed on 13 AC-130U and 8 AC-130H Gunship aircraft to the AN/AAQ-26 configuration. The AC-130U wiring, Operational Flight Program (OFP), Control Displays Program (CDP), Trackhandle, bus multiplier (BMUX), control panels, and variable slow rate feature will be modified. The AC-130H will also be modified. Support equipment, spares, and tech data for both aircraft will be modified as required to support the AN/AAQ-26 configuration. Mission requirements dictate a significant enhancement in target detection, recognition, and identification ranges to decrease aircraft vulnerability. A sole source fixed price incentive contract was awared to Raytheon for design, modification, and installation; with directed sub to Lockheed Aerospace Systems Ontario (LASO) for integration of the AN/AAQ-26 on the AC-130H and Rockwell for software integration of the AN/AAQ-26 on the AC-130U.
The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has a requirement for a C-130 engine infrared (IR) signature suppression system to provide Special Operations Forces (SOF) C-130 aircraft with an IR signature reduction equal to or better than existing systems at a lower cost of ownership. The primary difficulties with present suppressor systems are low reliability and poor maintainability. This C-130 Engine Infrared Suppression (EIRS) Program system will be used on AC-130H/U, MC-130E/H/P, and EC-130E aircraft. The key requirements for the Engine IR Suppression system are: (a) improved reliability and maintainability over existing systems to result in lower total cost of ownership; (b) IR signature suppression levels as good as the current engine shield system (aka. Tubs); (c) no adverse impacts to aircraft performance and ability to accomplish SOF missions; (d) complete interchangeability between engine positions and identified aircraft types. The suppressor is expected to be a semi-permanent installation, with removal being primarily for servicing, allowing the aircraft to perform all required missions with the suppressors installed. There will be up to two competitive contracts awarded for the initial phases of development with a downselect to one contractor for the completion of development and production. The contract will contain fixed price options for procurement, installation, and sustainment of the system.
The Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) program develops and procures 60 systems and provides 59 SOF aircraft (AC-130H/U, MC-130E/H) with a DIRCM system capability. The DIRCM system will work in conjunction with other onboard self-protection systems to enhance the aircraft's survivability against currently deployed infrared guided missiles. Growth is planned to add a capability to detect and counter advanced threats. Execution of this program is in concert with a joint US/UK cooperative development/ production effort with the UK as lead. Development and acquisition of the DIRCM system will be in accordance with UK procurement laws/regulations. UK designation for this program is "Operational Emergency Requirements 3/89."
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AC-130H Spectre | AC-130U Spooky | |||
Primary Function: | Close air support, air interdiction and armed reconnaissance | |||
Contractor: | Lockheed Aircraft Corp. | |||
Power Plant: | Four Allison turboprop engines T56-A-15 | |||
Thrust: | Each engine 4,910 horsepower | |||
Length: | 97 feet, 9 inches (29.8 meters) | |||
Height: | 38 feet, 6 inches (11.7 meters) | |||
Maximum Takeoff Weight: | 155,000 pounds (69,750 kilograms) | |||
Wingspan: | 132 feet, 7 inches (40.4 meters) | |||
Range: | 1,500 statute miles (1,300 nautical miles) Unlimited with air refueling |
2,200 nautical miles Unlimited with air refueling |
Ceiling: | 25,000 feet (7,576 meters) | 30,000 ft. | ||
Speed: | 300 mph (Mach 0.40) (at sea level) | |||
Armament: | two M61 20mm Vulcan cannons with 3,000 rounds one L60 40mm Bofors cannon with 256 rounds one M102 105mm howitzer with 100 rounds |
One 25mm GAU-12 Gatling gun (1,800 rounds per minute) one L60 40mm Bofors cannon (100 shots per minute) one M102 105mm cannon (6-10 rounds per minute) |
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Crew: | 14 -- five officers (pilot, co-pilot, navigator, fire control officer, electronic warfare officer); nine enlisted (flight engineer, loadmaster, low-light TV operator, infrared detection set operator, five aerial gunners) | 13 total. Five officers (pilot, copilot, navigator, fire control officer, electronic warfare officer); 8 enlisted (flight engineer, All Light Level TV operator, infrared- detection set operator, four airborne gunners, loadmaster) | ||
Unit Cost: | $46.4 million (1992 dollars) | $72 million | ||
Date Deployed: | 1972 | 1995 | ||
Inventory: | Active force, 8; Reserve, 0; ANG, 0 |
13 aircraft assigned to 16th Special Operation Wing's 4th Special Operations Squadron. |
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- AC-130H Operations AFSOC Instruction I11-202V10 Jul 97
- AC-130H Configuration/Mission Planning AFSOC Instruction I11-203V5 Jul 98
- AC-130U Operations AFSOC Instruction I11-202V14 May 97
- USAF Special Operations Gunships @ SpecialOperations.com
- The Spectre Association 16th Special Operations Squadron
- Photo-Special of the AC-130U Mildenhall AirFete 23rd May 1998
- AC-130H Spectre Gunship The Ultimate Attack Plane
- LOCKHEED AC-130A GUNSHIP Factsheet - National Museum of the US Air Force Factsheets
- SHWV FAQ - USAF Gunships
- Sam's C-130 Page
- Gunship crews leave for South Korean exercise Commando Online 24 October 1997 - The 16th Special Operations Wing deployed two AC-130U Spooky gunships nonstop Wednesday from Hurlburt Field to Taegu Air Base, South Korea.


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I know that most of you guys are thinking, "Man this fight makes no sense, give it a rest Cshel". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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i guess that some of you like me dislike the new Skype interface which takes almost half of the screen.On my MacBook Air i have used old version which stays in the right sight of the desktop.Few days ago i have switched to new MacBook Pro 13 Retina and i noticed that the old Skype version works with weird artefacts - icons and pictures of the app appear twice bigger and is real mess.So i have to use the new one.My question is is there some alternative IMO client which support Skype (but don't requires Skype to work in background)?I'm talking about app not web apps like imo.im Thanks in advance |
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