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2019-08-16 Afghanistan

Pentagon Report Finds Shortcomings In Afghan Air Force

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-08-16 00:14|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 OK, Afghans are not known for their math skills. Could be "moles" refusing to do the jobs as an act of treason.

Guessing bit of both.

Posted by Woodrow 2019-08-16 08:26|| 2019-08-16 08:26|| Front Page Top

#2 Never trust them with actual work. Logistics and delivery of munitions. Targeting of their own cousins' dumps. When you rush into a fight you always keep the pashtun ahead of ya'.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-16 11:00|| 2019-08-16 11:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Funny thing.... The USAF position in the past was that NCOs, i.e. "not officer pilots", in the Army and Marines also "...cannot appropriately direct airdrops and lack the ability to properly coordinate attack missions..."

Posted by magpie 2019-08-16 11:23|| 2019-08-16 11:23|| Front Page Top

#4 From farming and throwing rocks to precision real time dt geometry, this is a surprise to anybody?

Posted by Skidmark 2019-08-16 12:36|| 2019-08-16 12:36|| Front Page Top

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