Originally Posted by
racedo
Senator standing up in Congress................ "I am sure members would like to Thank Air NG members from the Great State of X after their succesful deployment in Operation X overseas serving US National Security" sounds better than "I am sure members would like to Thank Air NG members from the Great State of X who flew around leeping people safe at home".
Senator who allows his Air NG to have equipment percieved as less than USAF has will be seeking a new job come election time.
Oh come off of it. There is plenty of change coming to a guard unit near you. Well, maybe not you. There are many guard units that have swapped into older airframes, differing missions, or that still have older block (tranche if you prefer) aircraft or who are now trash haulers or connex warriors. If the senators had as much clout as you think, we never would have had numerous rounds of BRAC closures.
I’m starting to warm up to you, but you’re out of your element here.