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Re:Tyndall F-22s, Left Behind Before Michael Hit, Possibly D... by jbverschoor on Sunday October 14, 2018 @04:29AM (#18211948)
Wow, that's actually correct according to wikipedia

In FY 2017, the Congressional Budget Office reported spending of $590 billion for defense, about 15% of the federal budget.[1] For the FY 2019 president Donald Trump proposed an increase to the military to $681.1 billion. [2]

Re:Tyndall F-22s, Left Behind Before Michael Hit, Possibly D... by liquidise on Sunday October 14, 2018 @05:04AM (#18212040)
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...

I assume you are being downvoted for failing to actually include your footnotes.

Re:Tyndall F-22s, Left Behind Before Michael Hit, Possibly D... by metaphor on Sunday October 14, 2018 @05:05AM (#18212041)
...except the statement is pure bullshit given the assets weren't actually lost.
Re:Tyndall F-22s, Left Behind Before Michael Hit, Possibly D... by walrus01 on Sunday October 14, 2018 @05:56AM (#18212174)
... except that they were, the aviation industry term for an aircraft that has been damaged beyond economical repair is "hull loss"

https://www.google.com/search?client=ubuntu&channel=fs&q=avi...

Re:Tyndall F-22s, Left Behind Before Michael Hit, Possibly D... by metaphor on Sunday October 14, 2018 @07:05AM (#18212352)
Please cite the media outlet which has asserted that these aircraft have been damaged beyond economical repair.

From the article: “We anticipate the aircraft parked inside may be damaged as well, but we won't know the extent until our crews can safely enter those hangars and make an assessment,” the spokeswoman said.

Anecdotally, a former life once allowed me the privilege of directing flightline ops during several hurricane evacuations. This isn't anything new to me, and I've seen far worse than what this article (and others) have depicted--to include an entire squadron of F-15s engulfed in storm surge saltwater flooding up to their cockpits during Wilma, none of which resulted in airframe loss.

Re:Tyndall F-22s, Left Behind Before Michael Hit, Possibly D... by dwighttk on Sunday October 14, 2018 @08:20AM (#18212552)
they don't make 'em like they used to