Even in Vietnam, we Marines could depend upon close
air support which was miraculously accurate - shooting down individual
buildings, people and vehicles from the skies. I cannot remember one time in
Vietnam when my squadron would not respond to a call for help from fellow
Marines and others, who were in a "hot zone," needing immediate firepower from
the skies. Tip Of The Hat to those Marine, Air Force, Army, and Navy jet and
helicopter pilots. jc
From Various Sources. . .
Lt Colonel Dan Hampton
May 15 2013
U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dan
Hampton flew more than 150 combat missions during his twenty years as a fighter
pilot. He won multiple decorations for his service in the Iraq War, Kosovo
conflict, first Gulf War, and elsewhere.
Sigonella, Sicily Naval Base Was Well Within Reach
Of Benghazi
"The Obama national security team,
including CIA, DNI, State
Department and the Pentagon, watched and listened to the assault but did nothing to answer repeated
calls for assistance. It has been reported that President Obama met with Vice
President Joseph R. Biden and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta in the Oval
Office, presumably to see what support could be provided. After all, we had very
credible military resources within striking distance. At our military base in
Sigonella, Sicily, which is slightly over 400 miles from
Benghazi, we had a fully equipped Special
Forces unit with both transport and jet strike aircraft prepositioned.
Certainly this was a force much more capable than the 22-man force from our
embassy in Tripoli.
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[VIDEO]: Lt. Col. Dan Hampton Calls Out Panetta And Dempsey: “That Is A Load Of Manure!”
Lt.
Col. Dan Hampton,decorated Air Force pilot and author of The New York
Times Bestseller, Viper
Pilot, weighed in on the reports from former Secretary of Defense
Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Dempsey, which stated that they would not
have sent help to Benghazi. “That is a load of manure!” Hampton
exclaimed, “As a fighter pilot we’re supposed to take risks. That’s what
we get paid to do. Sending a fighter jet overhead wouldn’t stop an
attack, but it might have been a deterrent.”
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