“I am pleased that Secretary Kendall has selected Moody as the preferred location for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. Austin Scott, who represents the base’s district, said on Twitter. “For decades Moody AFB has been key for our nation’s defense,” Republican Rep. “I will continue to champion Moody AFB and its future as a home for U.S. Jon Ossoff, D-Georgia, said in a release Monday. “This is a major step forward in our ongoing effort to strengthen and sustain Moody Air Force Base for decades to come,” Sen. Georgia lawmakers hailed the decision as a long-term investment in the region’s military community as the country’s priorities change. Critics say the A-10 can perform the close air support mission far better than the F-35, which was designed as the high-tech “quarterback” of the battlefield rather than to hunt convoys.
The service argues that the Warthog fleet must be retired because it is ill-equipped to face off against advanced air defenses, stealth jets and the vast distances of the Pacific. The Air Force’s plan to swap A-10s for F-35s at Moody is emblematic of the Pentagon’s pivot from its longtime War on Terror to instead focus on military competition with China. invasion and trained Afghan pilots on the A-29 Super Tucano ground attack aircraft to build the country’s fledgling air force. Moody airmen also flew search-and-rescue missions in Afghanistan since the early days of the U.S. For almost two decades, the base’s A-10s watched over ground troops and strafed enemy forces with the Warthog’s iconic, armor-piercing 30mm gun.
Winding down much of America’s combat operations overseas has prompted a significant shift in Moody’s missions at home.
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