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[quote user="blue streak 1"] Sam1: You have no idea the state of the US airlift capacity as of election day. A source in the DOD who I obviously cannot name says that they need 200 new C-130s, The C-141s are almost all parked because of wing problems that would take time to fix. Almost all the C-5s are down for wing problems as well as the C-5As, The C-17s are the only freighter that hasn't gotten any wear problems but they are being used at nearly 3 times their planned useage because of Iraq. [/quote] The number of C-130s, C-141s, and C-5As in the Air Force inventory is available on line.  You are correct, however, about one point.  I don't know the operational readiness of the Air Force's airlift capability at a point in time.  My guess is that you don't either.  As a former pilot in command and flight instructor, with thousands of hours of flight experience, I know that airplanes that may be parked in peace time because of a variety of problems can be made available in an emergency.  I have always been suspect of people who claim to know an unamed source for a point of view.  Who is this person?  Is he or she an executive with a macro view of the situation?  Or is it a back office clerk? My point is simple.  I am reasonable sure that the U.S. military is not looking to the nation's passenger railroads to move troops and equipment in a national emergency.
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