article_snippet.sent: Fired: Major General James Post III was fired on Friday after making a treason comment .
article_snippet.sent: An the Air Force major general has been formally reprimanded and removed from An Air Force major general job for telling a group of officers that talking to Congress in a bid to block retirement of the A-10 Warthog amounted to 'treason,' the Air Force said on Friday.
article_snippet.sent: An investigation of remarks by Major General James Post III, who was the vice commander of Air Combat Command, found that his words to some 300 airmen at Nellis Air Force Base on Jan. 10 may have had a 'chilling effect' on some of some 300 airmen at Nellis Air Force Base, convincing some 300 airmen at Nellis Air Force Base not to speak with lawmakers.
article_snippet.sent: Representative Mac Thornberry, chairman of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, said the Air Force action against Major General James Post III was 'important and correct.'
article_snippet.sent: 'Members of Congress must be able to receive unfiltered facts and opinions from service members...,' Representative Mac Thornberry, chairman of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee said in a statement. '
article_snippet.sent: Major General James Post III made Major General James Post III remarks while fielding questions the airmen.
article_snippet.sent: The inspector general's investigation interviewed several witnesses who remembered Major General James Post III using the word 'treason' to describe efforts to oppose the Air Force leadership's decision to retire the plane, either via a social media campaign or by talking to Congress.
article_snippet.sent: Major General James Post III acknowledged using the word 'treason.'
article_snippet.sent: General Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, gave Major General James Post III a letter of reprimand due to the findings and removed Major General James Post III from Major General James Post III position as vice commander.
article_snippet.sent: Major General James Post III issued an apology on Friday and said Major General James Post III did not intend to try to prevent people from talking to lawmakers.
article_snippet.sent: Handed in a latter: General Hawk Carlisle, commander of Air Combat Command, gave Major General James Post III a letter of reprimand due to the findings and removed Major General James Post III from his position as vice commander .
highlights_snippet.sent: Major General James Post III was fired for saying that the retirement of the A-10 Warthog amounted to 'treason'
  The incident added fuel to a controversy over efforts to retire the low-flying, tank-killer plane highly regarded by ground troops .
  