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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Wed Jan 28, 2015, 02:52 PM Jan 2015

Air Force Probing Alleged 'Treason' Remark By General [View all]

Source: Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Air Force says it is investigating an allegation that a two-star general told lower-ranking officers that passing information to Congress about the capabilities of the A-10 attack aircraft is tantamount to treason.

The alleged comment by Maj. Gen. James Post has angered members of Congress, including senators opposed to the Air Force's effort to retire the A-10 fleet as a cost-cutting measure. Congress wants to keep the A-10.

At a hearing Wednesday on defense budget issues, Sen. Kelly Ayotte, a New Hampshire Republican, condemned the reported comment and said all service members have a legal right to communicate with Congress.

Gen. Mark Welsh, the Air Force chief of staff, told Ayotte that the Air Force inspector general's office is investigating the matter.

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_AIR_FORCE_INVESTIGATION?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-01-28-13-48-55

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Boy, am I ever sorry that Kelly Ayotte is my senator matt819 Jan 2015 #1

That's not a career-enhancing move. cloudbase Jan 2015 #2

And yet NOTHING done when benld74 Jan 2015 #3

why would congress want to keep funding old planes the Air Force said, they want to retire? Sunlei Jan 2015 #4

Because the Air Farce wants to use the money for the F-35 Lurks Often Jan 2015 #6

Bullshit. The AF Chief of Staff flew A-10's, everyone in the AF loves them, TwilightGardener Jan 2015 #7

The Air Force hates them and has been trying to get rid of the A-10 Lurks Often Jan 2015 #17

The AF, as a culture, has a great deal of affection for the A-10. TwilightGardener Jan 2015 #18

You are the only one who believes that the Air Farce likes the A-10 Lurks Often Jan 2015 #20

They hated them until the Army offer to take them. The thought of the Army demonstrating to 24601 Jan 2015 #19

It's slightly more complicated jeff47 Jan 2015 #9

Yet they manage to keep the B-52s flying SnowCritter Jan 2015 #10

The AF thinks they're sexy. jeff47 Jan 2015 #13

And too... Plucketeer Jan 2015 #15

*shrug* I personally like the A-10 design but that aside I thought that the other reason other than cstanleytech Jan 2015 #14

Nope. It still does its job better than anything else. jeff47 Jan 2015 #16

The Air Force has "Wanted" to "Retire" the A=10 since the 1980s happyslug Jan 2015 #11

If true court martial him, reduce him in rank and give him a dishonorable discharge, Lurks Often Jan 2015 #5

Not treason. No way, no how! Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2015 #8

Does he have a brother-in-law who works for a company that makes it? arcane1 Jan 2015 #12