{"id":45085,"date":"2017-08-07T20:56:41","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T20:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/08\/07\/misfire-a-private-air-force\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:41:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:41:37","slug":"misfire-a-private-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/opinion\/medals-misfires\/2017\/08\/07\/misfire-a-private-air-force\/","title":{"rendered":"MISFIRE: A private air force?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody wants to see the war in Afghanistan go on any longer than needed. But the proposal from America\u2019s most well-known mercenary, Blackwater founder Erik Prince, to provide the Afghan military with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2017\/08\/02\/blackwater-founder-wants-to-run-the-afghan-air-war-with-his-private-air-force\/\"> his own private air force<\/a>, seems like a bad idea. 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