USAF Major General threatens A-10 Warthog Airmen with Treason if they "talk"

By Rob Janicki

The A-10, affectionately called the Warthog by those who fly these armored tubs, is in the process of being retired from the Air Force inventory after 30 years of service. 

Here's the problem.  

The A-10 is by far the best close air support for ground troops that has ever been in the USAF inventory.  It is armored like a tank to protect flight crew personnel.  It carries, quite possibly, the greatest range of weaponry of any aircraft in USAF inventory.  There is a weapon for all purposes on board the A-10.  It is perfectly suited for close support of ground troops involved in close combat with enemy forces on the ground.  

The A-10 has proven itself to be the most effective air weapon in fighting terrorists in the Middle East since it was first introduced there in the first Gulf War.  It's engines are on the rear of the air frame and attached close in to the fuselage to protect the engine from enemy small arms fire. The pilot's seat sits in a titanium tub for superior pilot safety from enemy fire.  A-10's have returned from combat missions looking like Swiss Cheese from enemy fire.  Yet they returned intact and with the pilot safe and sound.

That said, it is the Obama administration that wants to retire this weapons system from USAF inventory.  As this process moves along, the following has come to light and it is disturbing to say the least.

Last month, Maj. Gen. James Post warned fellow airmen in Nevada that talking to Congress about the A-10 Thunderbolt could qualify as treason.

“If anyone accuses me of saying this, I will deny it … anyone who is passing information to Congress about A-10 capabilities is committing treason,” Post, vice commander of the Air Combat Command, told an audience of officers at Nellis Air Force Base according to the military blog John Q. Public.  Read entire article at the Independent Sentinel.

We know that Obama has had an ongoing program to cleanse the military officer corps of those who would oppose his plans for the military.  Scores of top ranking officers across the services have been prematurely retired with the excuse that the retirements were due to downsizing.  

According to anonymous sources, those high level officers were retired because they opposed Obama's plans to downsize and weaken the combat readiness of the United States military.  These accusations cannot be ignored as the comments of disgruntled individuals, since these officers were career officers during the times of the U.S. military dominance over all other foreign military forces.

Now we come to the latest reported threat to USAF officers directly involved with the A-10 Warthog.  A Major General in the USAF and the Vice Commander of the Air Combat Command has threatened USAF personnel with treason if they communicate with Congress.  The implication is that those officers, who might think of talking with Congress, might want to think of what it might be like facing a court martial for treason.  Pretty heavy hitting by a USAF officer so high up in the air combat command.  It begs the question of who the general is trying to protect and who he is trying to stifle and precisely why.