F-22's destroyed by hurricane...WTH?

[DA SWO]

That'll probably leave a huge hit to that economy if they move all that stuff out for good. It's the same in AZ if they retire the A-10.

Small hit.
1st AF is staying with a 1 Jan FOC date.
ABM School stays, and all the range work will stay.
The can downsize Tyndall and move folks to Eglin.

 

[GOTWA]

How many bodies does it take to run a successful f22 flight operation? Pilots, mechanics, admin, supply, etc, etc? IIRC, when Jeff Flake was trying to cut the A-10 it was looking like 5,000 jobs were on the line in Tucson.

 

[DA SWO]

How many bodies does it take to run a successful f22 flight operation? Pilots, mechanics, admin, supply, etc, etc? IIRC, when Jeff Flake was trying to cut the A-10 it was looking like 5,000 jobs were on the line in Tucson.

Wing vs Squadron.
72 vs 24 aircraft. GAO recommended breaking up and moving the operational F-22 squadron, the hurricane made it possible. A couple hundred military positions go away. FL will survive.

 

[AWP]

ABM School stays, and all the range work will stay.

Concur. ABM's/13B's are too understrength for the AF to drag its feet on a solution.

 

[DA SWO]

Concur. ABM's/13B's are too understrength for the AF to drag its feet on a solution.

They need the overwater ranges, otherwise I'd move the school to Tinker. Most ABM's end up AWACing it anyway.