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• Attention Air Force flight line personnel: beware of propellers!

  OK, it is looking more and more like the Air Force under the leadership of General Norty Schwartz is really considering doing the unthinkable from just a couple years ago: getting serious about counter-insurgency airpower. For years, Air Force leaders... Posted Nov 12 2008, 11:04 AM by Otto with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: USAF, AT-6, COIN aircraft 2, danger room, General Schwartz

• Is the United States Air Force seriously considering adopting an armed light propellor driven aircraft for Strike/ISR??

  Inadvertent H/t to Danger Room, I went to the link looking for information on arming Shadow UAV's and instead, got this story excerpt instead from Inside the Air Force, a subscription news service that often breaks news stories and is generally well... Posted Oct 11 2008, 10:29 AM by Otto with | with no comments Filed under: USAF, COIN aircraft 2, DoD, SECDEF Gates, General Schwartz, ISR

• Air Force leaders give hints, discuss priorities for immediate adjustments

  There is much movement on the issues confronting the US Air Force. This interview here between NPR and the new Chief of Staff General Norty Schwartz contains a few nuggets: n The number of F-22’s being floated is 240, up from the current of 183, far down... Posted Aug 27 2008, 12:06 PM by Otto with | with no comments Filed under: USAF, Nukes, General Schwartz

• General Norty Schwartz assumes command of the US Air Force: Welcome aboard Boss

  General Norty Schwartz assumed the duty as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force yesterday. General Schwartz, welcome and good luck. In a video message to Airmen here , he made the following points (paraphrased) We will keep the Air Force promise... Posted Aug 13 2008, 09:37 AM by Otto with | with no comments Filed under: USAF, General Schwartz