Air Force chiefs resigning

By GottaLaff


The Air Force is all shook up:

The military and civilian chiefs of the Air Force are resigning, U.S. officials said Thursday.

Defense officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said that Defense Secretary Robert Gates asked Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley and Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne to step down. [...]

Press secretary Dana Perino said President Bush knew about the resignations but that the White House "has not played any role" in the shake-up. [...]

Wynne is the second civilian chief of a military service to be forced out by Gates.

Let's do an Air Force recap:

The Air Force has endured a number of embarrassing setbacks over the past year. In August, for instance, a B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear-tipped cruise missiles and flown across the country. The pilot and crew were unaware they had nuclear arms aboard. [...]

Gates also has been trying to learn more about how fuses for Air Force ballistic missiles were mistakenly shipped to Taiwan. Gates was briefed last week on the conclusions of an internal investigation of that matter but the results have not been made public. [...]

In another incident, the Pentagon inspector general found in April that a $50 million contract to promote the Thunderbirds aerial stunt team was tainted by improper influence and preferential treatment. No criminal conduct was found.

Everything runs so smoothly under the War President. Speaking of things running smoothly, and slightly off topic because I feel like having fun, compare and contrast.