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Proof it’s not just money that we need, but leadership as well. We’ve “dropped bombs in record numbers” and yet the enemy keeps expanding. So while the military needs new funding it won’t make a bit of difference until we get new leadership. After all, when you use two Hellfire missiles to strike *a car* it seems we our military could use a better Commander-in-Chief. Just sayin’

Via Fox News.

The U.S. military says its 15-month bombing campaign on the Islamic State is depleting its munitions supply and that additional money and other support is “critical” for “the long fight.”

“We’re expending munitions faster than we can replenish them,” Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh said Friday. “We need the funding in place to ensure we’re prepared for the long fight. This is a critical need.”

The Air Force has reportedly fired more than 20,000 bombs and missiles in Syria in the fight to dismantle the self-proclaimed Islamic State.

Air Force officials say they have enough munitions right now but project a shortage and want more long-term planning and funding to meet future needs.

“B-1s have dropped bombs in record numbers,” Welsh also said. “We are able to manage inventories to sustain operations against ISIL at this time. We do need funding in place and the ability to forecast for production to be ready for the long fight… We continue to work on a longer term funding strategy which is absolutely required.”

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  1. Alain41 says:

    I’m sure that this is true but I also think that it’s part of strategy that omnibus bloated ‘budget’ bill has to be passed for ‘National Security’. If you’re for a gov’t shutdown, then you stand with ISIS. Obama favor to Ryan to make whipping votes easy.

  2. hektor says:

    This happened during the LBJ years in Vietnam when they ran out of 750 pound dumb bombs and had to buy some back that they had sold for surplus

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