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Thread: Air Force could recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots

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    Air Force could recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots

    President Trump signed an executive order Friday allowing the Air Force to recall as many as 1,000 retired pilots to active duty to address a shortage in combat fliers, the White House and Pentagon announced.By law, only 25 retired officers can be brought back to serve in any one branch. Trump's order removes those caps by expanding a state of national emergency declared by President George W. Bush after 9/11, signaling what could be a significant escalation in the 16-year-old global war on terror.
    "We anticipate that the Secretary of Defense will delegate the authority to the Secretary of the Air Force to recall up to 1,000 retired pilots for up to three years," Navy Cdr. Gary Ross, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement.
    But the executive order itself is not specific to the Air Force, and could conceivably be used in the future to call up more officers and in other branches.

    More at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...newstopstories
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    Quote Originally Posted by timosman View Post


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    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

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    Quote Originally Posted by timosman View Post
    Never attempt to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and annoys the pig.

    Robert Heinlein

    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

    Groucho Marx

    I love mankind…it’s people I can’t stand.

    Linus, from the Peanuts comic

    You cannot have liberty without morality and morality without faith

    Alexis de Torqueville

    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
    Those who learn from the past are condemned to watch everybody else repeat it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raginfridus View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by timosman View Post



    On a more serious note I'm worried about Danke.
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    Give a man an inch and right away he thinks he's a ruler

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    Those who fail to learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    On a more serious note I'm worried about Danke.
    Southwest celebrates first 'unmanned' flight on new airplane - http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/sout...n-new-airplane



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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post
    On a more serious note I'm worried about Danke.
    Is he a retired pilot? We'll need more like him if we're gonna "secede! secede! secede!" lol



    We'll need jets, gunships, refuelers, satellites, missiles, and a few nuclear subs... Sovereignty isn't won with magic talk and gooey feelings.
    Last edited by Raginfridus; 10-21-2017 at 12:01 AM.

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    Hmm, ...Did anybody bother to tell Trump he could just hire the 9/11 terrorist pilots? I heard most of them are still living and out-skill even the most veteran of pilots.
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    I guess this isn't enough http://www.ronpaullibertyreport.com/...did-in-8-years

    Maybe he thinks our good buddies the Saudi's need some help in Yemen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Weston White View Post
    Hmm, ...Did anybody bother to tell Trump he could just hire the 9/11 terrorist pilots? I heard most of them are still living and out-skill even the most veteran of pilots.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swordsmyth View Post


    On a more serious note I'm worried about Danke.

    I'd love to go back in to bomb some brownies. But I'm afraid I'm a little too old for that now as I can no longer trust my farts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Danke View Post
    I'd love to go back in to bomb some brownies. But I'm afraid I'm a little too old for that now as I can no longer trust my farts.
    You were always rock solid and we could always count on you. A shipment of diapers is on its way.

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    We must be getting ready to lose somewhere.

    Fact: The United States has not won a single war since the creation of the Air Force.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sparebulb View Post
    We must be getting ready to lose somewhere.

    Fact: The United States has not won a single war since the creation of the Air Force.
    Danke has failed to accept blame for this .



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    Quote Originally Posted by oyarde View Post
    Danke has failed to accept blame for this .
    A nice group of guys, who never leave their buddy's behind.



    Last edited by sparebulb; 10-21-2017 at 08:38 AM.

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