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Gotta love the useless comparisons..."an eighth of the time that powered flight has existed". Things that took less time than the F-35: The Beatles entire career as a band. The Apollo program from Kennedy's speech to Neil Armstrong. The combined timelines of WWI and WWII. Both Mars rovers were proposed, approved, developed, launched, and have been on Mars for over 3 years. The entire construction, from proposal to completion, of: The Golden Gate Bridge, the World Trade Center, the Empire State Building, the Suez Canal, and the Channel Tunnel. The Manhattan Project. Alexander the Great's conquest of Persia. Caesar's conquest of Gaul. The Wright brothers' first airplane, from conception to Kittyhawk.

Sweet Baby Jesus. My heart breaks for the USAF every time I hear or read something like this. This dude is the COMMAND CHIEF and this is what he spends his time worrying about? In a deployed location? I just don't get it. I suspect no amount of conversation with this guy could get him to see why he's out of touch. The punctuation and grammar make me think this was written by a 9 year old, not an E-9 (and certainly not a Chief!) I am sorry for you guys who have to serve under this type of management.

This. I'm sure it applies to any airframe, queep aside. Getting to fly airplanes and do the Lord's work around the world is not a bad thing.

You fool! You've activated the bat signal! I'm gonna have to independently evaluate the constitutionality of your advice.

Define "leadership." If you mean POTUS, then it's re-election regardless of the individual in office (or his party keeping the office if in 2d term). The odd national interest does come into play. If you mean SECDEF, then it's all about budget and/or ego as far as "best interests." If you mean SECAF and/or CSAF, see SECDEF. If you mean MAJCOM, see CSAF. If you mean WG/CC, it's often, but not always, about the next step up the ladder. If you mean SQ/CC, see WG/CC. If you mean the bro on the Air Staff and/or AFPC, he/she is simply trying to survive a very ugly assignment with long hours filled with pain and doing whatever he/she can to make the bad man go away until he can get back out to the field where usually, not always, the tempo to SQ/CC is picked up. Save yourself some time and heartburn; get cynical now.