07/26/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"under the President's budget request, the Army is dramatically reducing the size of the force in the coming years."
"Iran routinely engages in malign activity through the Iranian threat network."
"No capability gap is created; rather our CAS tactics allow us to use multiple assets capable of offering the flexibility, range, speed, lethality, precision, and ability to mass at a desired time and ..."
"Divesting the F-15C would also mean we are no longer capable of providing air superiority over a major theater of operations."