by jagusafr
Just received this from my mom on forward. Quintessential Obama admin,
pleasantly surprising reaction from USAFA Commandant.
Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2013 10:23 AM Subject: US Air Force Academy
Commencement 2013
Good friends of ours from here in Elizabethtown, KY just got back home from a
visit to the Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs where they attended the
commencement exercises of the graduating class of 2013. In fact John's grandson
was one of the graduates and John, being a retired US Army officer was able to
swear in his grandson as a brand spanking new US Air Force 2Lt.
What an honor that must have been for John and his family, but that's not the
real story nor is it the historic significance of the 2013 commencement
celebration. You see 2013 is the first Air Force graduation on record that has
occurred under a Sequester created by a nonfunctioning Congress and an
unyielding Obama Administration. Due to operating under this Sequester the
ceremonies proceeded as follows:
President Obama regretfully declined the kind invitation of the Commandant of
the Air Force Academy to be speak to the graduates and their families on the
occasion of their graduation saying he was committed to addressing the graduates
at West Point. Instead it was established that Vice President Biden was free and
he would come to Colorado Springs. And, as to the request for the usual fly-over
by the US Air Force Thunderbirds that was declined again due to the Sequester.
After consultation with his chain of command the Commandant of the Air Force
Academy notified the White House that due to the Sequester cancelling the
traditional fly-over of the Thunderbirds that he was confident that the nation
didn't need the added $1 million + expense to fly Air Force 2, of any
configuration or model, and the added expense of the Secret Service and their
entourage required when the Vice President traveled. So just cancel the initial
request for a speaker from the White House for the commencement.
So the commencement went off as planned sans representation from the Obama
Administration. It looked like this:
The featured speaker was an Under Secretary of the Air Force, who is a
decorated Viet Nam veteran. The Secretary flew back and forth from Andrews AFB
to Peterson AFB In Colorado Springs on routine training flight conducted by the
Air Force thus costing the American tax payers nothing.
John tells me that there were nearly as many Air Force General Officers in
attendance as there were family members. He thinks a dozen or more 4 Star
General, three or four times as many 2 and 3 Stars an untold number of 1 Star
Generals. And, of course countless Colonels and below.
Most of these officers were themselves alumni of the Air Force Academy and
wanted nothing less than to present a perfect program for the graduating class.
Since the Congress and the Obama Administration could not see fit to allow for a
fly-over by the Thunderbirds, a number of the senior generals took matters into
their own hands. And so, when the speeches, the hats were all thrown into the
air, and all the family hugs were all made and it became time for the fly-over a
roar of engines was detected from the West of the air strip and parade grounds
there at the facility and everyone was treated to a fly-over by the Confederate
Air Force. Looking up they saw all kinds of vintage aircraft from B-17s B-24s,
B-25s, P-38s, P-51s and others all represented by manufactures such Corsairs,
Grumman, Lockheed and Boeing who still provide parts availability for these
aircraft, and flown by our hero's from prior conflicts that still see fit to
stay active for services such as this. It was a wonderful experience for all who
were there.
I am sure you will join me in offering a salute to these serving officers who
saw fit not to rob the 2013 graduating class of their day of celebration, and to
our heroes who flew the planes for this worthy occasion and oh yes to the many
private donors who pitched in and covered the expenses involved in bringing
these aircraft in to Colorado Springs from various locations across the country.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE SALUTE YOU
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