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Maj. Gen. James Post and the A-10 Warthog. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Travis Edwards)

Maj. Gen. Post, fired for ‘treason’ comments, comes face-to-face with A-10

By Stephen Losey on November 18, 2015 Airframes

This may be the most ironic official Air Force photograph of all time: Maj. Gen. James Post — who was fired from his old job earlier this year for telling officers they would be “committing treason” if they advocated to lawmakers for keeping the A-10 Thunderbolt in service — face-to-face with a Warthog. Pacific Air Forces recently posted the photograph of Post, taken during his Nov. 12 visit to Osan Air Base in South Korea, late Tuesday night. It did not go unnoticed by military observers — especially Warthog fans who raked Post over the coals for his treason comments earlier this…

Ret. Air Force Colonel Martha McSally won Arizona's 2nd Congressional District Wednesday, becoming another proponent of the A-10. (AP photo/arizona daily star, kelly presnell)

Another A-10 ally gains a seat

By Oriana Pawlyk on December 17, 2014 Air Force, Leadership, Politics, Washington

Republican Martha McSally beat incumbent Ron Barber on Wednesday after a recount to take over Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District. McSally, a retired Air Force colonel who flew A-10s over Iraq and Kuwait, picked up six more votes to give her a 167 votes victory, according to RollCall. McSally joins the coalition of congressional members — which include Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. — rallying to preserve the A-10. McSally criticized Barber during the race saying he “was asleep at the switch while the obvious threat of the A-10 retirement grew on his watch,” according to the Arizona Daily…

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