Air Force General Who Told Airmen Lobbying To Keep The A-10 That They Were Committing 'Treason' Is Fired

Daily Mail: Air Force Major General fired for saying retiring A-10 plane for budgeting reasons amounts to 'treason'



* Major General James Post III was fired for saying that the retirement of the A-10 Warthog amounted to 'treason'

* The incident added fuel to a controversy over efforts to retire the low-flying, tank-killer plane highly regarded by ground troops

* Post said he told the group the Air Force didn't want to get rid of the plane but needed to because of budget constraints



An Air Force major general has been formally reprimanded and removed from his job for telling a group of officers that talking to Congress in a bid to block retirement of the A-10 Warthog amounted to 'treason,' the Air Force said on Friday.



An investigation of remarks by Major General James Post III, who was the vice commander of Air Combat Command, found that his words to some 300 airmen at Nellis Air Force Base on Jan. 10 may have had a 'chilling effect' on some of them, convincing them not to speak with lawmakers.



WNU Editor: On the one hand I feel sorry for Maj. Gen. James Post .... this is not how you end your career. On the other hand .... what an incredibly dumb thing to say for a man in his position on an issue that has become politicized.

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