Gates ignorant assumptions about air power--verified

Gates, one of the contributors to the reduction of U.S. Air Power Dominance, got his portrait, unveiled in the Pentagon the other day.

I wish I could spit on it.

Meanwhile, all the Gates assumptions about the emerging threat picture have been verified as 100 percent rubbish.

The Gates fan club is making their rounds...

What is the value of Gates for the USAF? Not much. The USAF was in great leadership trouble before Gates showed up.

Just one small example would be here. Matter of fact it was publications like the Air Force Times that refused to find out why Metzger was handled the way she was. Proper discipline is the core of any military organization. If the top office can't perform simple military disciplinary action; what else are they screwing up? As it turned out; quite a lot.

Gates prevented any real USAF leadership from being creative. Well if any creative types ever appeared in addition to Deptula. Deptula is now gone. What the USAF ended up with were sycophants.

I don't see that as an improvement.

Rico Gates and his great air power knowledge failure

Different day. Same thing. Gates is still clueless about air power.

"The nation must field the F-35 joint strike fighter at a cost that permits large enough numbers to replace the current fighter inventory and maintain a healthy margin of superiority over the Russians and Chinese."

Here is some additional reading for you and your replacement Mr. Gates.