*Comfort Capsules* for USAF Brass

Shipwreck · 07-18-2008, 16:13 PM

Disgusting

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USAF Wants Luxury Rooms in Planes: Report
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Published: 18 Jul 11:14 EDT (15:14 GMT)

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Air Force sought money from counter-terrorism funds to install luxurious rooms on military aircraft for traveling top brass and officials, the Washington Post reported July 18.

Several senior generals weighed in on design details of the "comfort capsules," which include leather chairs, a 37-inch flat screen monitor, a bed, table, couch and full-length mirror, the Post wrote, citing budget documents and government e-mails.

The plan has angered lower-ranking Air Force officers and lawmakers' aides who say the project is a waste of money and inappropriate in a time of war.

The Air Force over the past three years has requested $16.2 million to be diverted from the "war on terror" to fund the project, according to the article.

Lawmakers have twice rejected the service's requests. In August 2007, Rep. John Murtha, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, wrote to the military ordering that the money be spent on a "higher priority."

The Air Force last year decided to use $331,000 from counter-terrorism funds to cover higher than expected costs for the project, officials told the Post.

But a senior officer said in response to questions from the newspaper that it will reverse that decision.

Air Force documents call for the rooms to be "aesthetically pleasing and furnished to reflect the rank of the senior leaders using the capsule," the paper reported.

Production has started for the first capsule to be fit into the fuselage of a large military aircraft.

Air Force officers say the new capsules would allow senior officers and officials to work and rest comfortably while in the air.

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Stan187 · 07-18-2008, 17:05 PM

Well if these kinds of accommodation make start making it down the rank totem pole, stop loss is definitely going to become a thing of the past.

gunnut · 07-18-2008, 18:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Shipwreck

Disgusting

Absolutely agree.

What was the reason for this modification? Just because they want it? That's not good enough.

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