US Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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Those S-3s are at the US Air Force Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC) at Davis Montham Air Base outside of Tucson, AZ. This is the central depot for all US military planes that are pulled out of service and put into storage. AMARC puts retired aircraft into long term storage, often covering them with a white plastic coating called Spraylat to protect the aircraft from the elements. In many cases, the stored aircraft are refurbished and sent back into service, sometimes after being sold to foreign nations. In other cases, useful parts are pulled off of the aircraft, and the remains are then sold to scrappers.
My guess is that the S-3s are in good condition. They have not been there that long and the environment is condusive to storage. it is dry and will not have much corrosion develop, particularly as they are covered with Spraylat.
If the South Koreans go ahead with the purchase, then those 18 airrcraft would come from storage and would receive intial refurbishment there, and then more specific upgrades at either a maintenance location in the US, or in South Korea.
Our condolensces to the family and friends of these personnel who were killed...and that of the third who is most likely deceased.
May God in Heaven rest their souls, and may He comfort the family and friends knowing that ultimately they will be reunited.
This just underscores the basic danger that all of our military personnel are subjected to, even in peacetime exercises. And they do it on our behalf.
Always remember...never forget.
Jura The idiot
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Yes, I believe most Naval enthusiast, particularly US Naval enthusiast are aware of the extens and size of Naval Station Norfolk.
I was able to visit the base in July 2012 and put a page up regarding that visit on my site:
Lots of pictures of guided missile destroyers, guided missile cruisers, landing platform docks, landing helicopter docks, nuclear attack submarines, and trhe carriers there at that page.
Equation
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Thanks Jura, and in response to your questions about the Air Force Magazine's credibility, I would point you to the Air Force Associations, "Air Warfare Symposium" to be held in February, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen Mark Welsh, and Gen Mike Hostage of ACC, are among the keynoters at this symposium, if I had the funds I would love to attend. That should remove all doubt about the credibility of the Air Force Magazine, which is published by the AFA. I'm not to good at posting links, but if you go to their websight, you will find details to the presentation, and it would make any Sino Defense member a great vacation, would be a great venue for some of us to meet, and it should be very interesting to those of you who are interested in every aspect of air-warfare. I am almost certain that General Hostage will give the latest assessment of both the J-20 and T-50, in a nice polite manner of course, you might even run in to them in the lobby???? Kool huh????
In 2010 an O6 grade (Colonel) with 30 years of service would have been paid about $10,200 per month, or, $122,400 per year.
If he retired at the end of 30 years, his retirement income would be aprroximately 75% of his high three monthly pay...in this case, around $7,500 per month, or $90,000 per year.
If he did even 2% of his pay into the TSP plan, he should have had a boatload of money in that account too, which he could be receiving monthly payments for. A lot of O6 level officers receive another $3-5,000 per month.
That's all a very good retirement. It makes you wonder why he is living out of a car.
Vetreans do need to be taken care of, but you cannot protect everyone, even veterans, from bad choices they may make.
No doubt his divorced wife is getting a big chunk of that...perhaps a full 50% as a result of the divorce. Why did that divorce happen? We do not know. Could have been choices she made, or choices he made.
Bottom line is that the system is bound to be working for him. But if he squandered his pay, ran up excessive debt, or any number of other things....heck, there's no system in the world that could make everything okay.
So, I do hate to see it, but not knowing the details, other than knowing that after 30 years, if he made O6, that his retirement benefits are very substantial, I cannot say that the country has somehow failed this man.
We would need to know a lot more details before we could make that judgment.
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Well stated Jeff. Apparently the Col. lost his ability to cope with life somewhere along the line. Some folks just drop out. Apparently he's trying to get back in step with life.
Even if he had to give his ex-wife half his pension monthly via divorce agreement he should not be homeless. Not at all. He made bad choices IMO somewhere along the line..
Even if he had to give his ex-wife half his pension monthly via divorce agreement he should not be homeless. Not at all. He made bad choices IMO somewhere along the line..