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2006-03-16 Iraq

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Posted by Steve 2006-03-16 08:30|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Wow, it's like the Army and the Air Force should be considered the same service...

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-16 09:04|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-16 09:04|| Front Page Top

#2 The AF pilots union doesn't like the idea of outsourcing the close support mission to the Army, even less so to Army UASs. All things considered, the Army would rather have support from B-52s and A-10s than Jim Wright's keep Ft Worth green F-16s.

Posted by RWV 2006-03-16 09:34|| 2006-03-16 09:34|| Front Page Top

#3 You could make B52s into UAVs...

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2006-03-16 10:09|| 2006-03-16 10:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Since the AF embeds Air Controllers with Army units this is a logical step. I have met two of these ?Romos? in my career and both were looney as a bat and very very professional when the rubber met the road. I bet the ROMOs are happy that they no longer have to lug their radios and gear around with them. One guy assigned to the 25th Light explained that he had to carry a standard Infantry load plus his ATC gear. He brought all his gear in for a "show and Tell" at NCO leadership school and he said he "Loved his job more than sex." He got to kill the enemy before anyone else and order officers to destroy things of his choosing. Like I said he was whacked, but I would want him on my side in a fight.

Posted by Cyber Sarge 2006-03-16 10:39|| 2006-03-16 10:39|| Front Page Top

#5 I hope this isn't like the old Soviet unit commander vehicles, carrying antennas all over it. Calls unwanted attention.

Posted by Chuck Simmins">Chuck Simmins 2006-03-16 11:31|| http://blog.simmins.org]">[http://blog.simmins.org] 2006-03-16 11:31|| Front Page Top

#6 I hope this isn't like the old Soviet unit commander vehicles, carrying antennas all over it. Calls unwanted attention.

Are there US vehicles without antennas all over them?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2006-03-16 13:08|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2006-03-16 13:08|| Front Page Top

#7 I would like to see B-58 UAVs and other assorted Boneyard gems turned into UACV gold.

More bang for the buck.

Posted by 3dc 2006-03-16 14:39|| 2006-03-16 14:39|| Front Page Top

#8 #6 I hope this isn't like the old Soviet unit commander vehicles, carrying antennas all over it. Calls unwanted attention.

Are there US vehicles without antennas all over them?

Why not put tons of antennas on every vehicle then. Strip the autojunkyards for antennas, they don't have to work.

Posted by rjschwarz 2006-03-16 16:25|| 2006-03-16 16:25|| Front Page Top

#9 Why not put tons of antennas on every vehicle then. Strip the autojunkyards for antennas, they don't have to work

We have! IIRC from my tour, there were quite a few M1114's I rode in that had antennas, but no radios inside. For the procuremnt monkeys at DOD, it's easier and cheaper to install a mount kit at the factory, than waste man hours installing at the destination unit.

Posted by N guard 2006-03-16 19:44|| 2006-03-16 19:44|| Front Page Top

#10 I think you mean ROMADS, Cyber Sarge. I did some intel work for the 601st Tac Control Wing for a couple of years, and dealt with the ROMADS on an almost-daily basis. "Whacked" is one description, "Crazy as a stadium full of bedbugs" is another. Either way, they were purely professional once they deployed. At one time, teams used jeeps and a trailer full of radios. Glad to see they're getting better equipment.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2006-03-16 19:48|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2006-03-16 19:48|| Front Page Top

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