Senate Confirms Heather Wilson as Air Force Secretary
Published 2017-05-09 by
Cory Allen Heidelberger
Heather Wilson is now Donald Trump’s problem. The Senate confirmed the former New Mexico Congresswoman and now outgoing School of Mines chief to be Secretary of the Air Force yesterday:
Heather Wilson, Twitter photo, posted 2017.05.08
The vote was 76-22 in favor of Wilson becoming the top civilian overseeing the Air Force. The 22 “no” votes all came from Democrats.
At her confirmation hearing in March, Wilson praised the stealth capability of Lockheed Martin Corp’s (LMT.N) F-35 fighter jet, in remarks suggesting the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons system would have an important advocate [Patricia Zengerle, “Senate Confirms Heather Wilson as Trump’s Air Force Secretary,” Reuters, 2017.05.08].
And she is qualified because she is a “space cadet?”
She is qualified because she plans to get rid of air?
From 2015 assessment- “The F-35 will find itself outmaneuvered, outgunned, out of range, and visible to enemy sensors,” the NSN report reads. “Going forward, full investment in the F-35 would be to place a bad trillion-dollar bet on the future of airpower based on flawed assumptions and an underperforming aircraft. To avoid such a catastrophic outcome, Congress and DOD should begin the process of considering alternatives to a large-scale commitment to the F-35.”
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It looks like Heather will use these F-35’s in Afghanistan with our new plan to put several thousand more boots on the ground there. Sally Yates is making them all wag the dog.
And she is qualified because she is a “space cadet?”
She is qualified because she plans to get rid of air?
From 2015 assessment- “The F-35 will find itself outmaneuvered, outgunned, out of range, and visible to enemy sensors,” the NSN report reads. “Going forward, full investment in the F-35 would be to place a bad trillion-dollar bet on the future of airpower based on flawed assumptions and an underperforming aircraft. To avoid such a catastrophic outcome, Congress and DOD should begin the process of considering alternatives to a large-scale commitment to the F-35.”
It looks like Heather will use these F-35’s in Afghanistan with our new plan to put several thousand more boots on the ground there. Sally Yates is making them all wag the dog.