McCain on "Decisive" Airpower "I've always been in favor of the use of additional airpower [in Libya]. The AC-130 gunships and the A-10 are unique assets the United States has…. It's wide open spaces, and airpower can have a decisive role."-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), interview with the Financial Times, published July 5.No "Hollow Force""Even as the United States addresses fiscal challenges at home, there will be no hollow force on my watch. … I do not believe in the false choice between fiscal discipline and a strong national defense."-New Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta, e-mail message to US servicemen and -women, July 1.USAF and the Seven Dwarfs"That first night, coalition airpower decimated the Libyan regime's ability to launch air attacks against its own population and stopped the armored columns advancing on Benghazi. By the end of March, our Air Force contributed over 65 percent of coalition sorties, providing more than 99 percent of all operational airlift, filling over 70 percent of the coalition's air-refueling requirements, and supplying 50 percent of the reconnaissance and 40 percent of the strike sorties."
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机译：麦凯恩谈“决定性的”空中力量“我一直（在利比亚）一直赞成使用额外的空中力量。AC-130武装直升机和A-10是美国拥有的独特资产……它拥有广阔的空地，空中力量可以起决定性作用。”-森。约翰·麦凯恩（R-Ariz。）在7月5日接受《金融时报》的采访。没有“空心力量”“即使美国在国内解决财政挑战，我的手表也不会空洞。……我不会相信在财政纪律和强大的国防之间做出错误的选择。”-新任国防部长莱昂·E·帕内塔（Leon E. Panetta），给美国军人和妇女的电子邮件，7月1日，美国空军和七个小矮人。空中力量削弱了利比亚政权对其本国人民发动空袭的能力，并停止了向班加西前进的装甲纵队。到3月底，我们的空军贡献了超过65％的联军出动，提供了超过99％的空运能力，满足了联盟70％以上的空中加油需求，并提供了50％的侦察和40％的打击飞行。”
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