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Warthog Attack Plane Finds New Life in Trump Administration
US News & World Report ^ | May 27, 2017 | Robert Burns, National Security Writer, The Associated Press

Posted on 05/27/2017 6:25:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Air Force leaders have reversed an Obama administration decision on the A-10 attack plane known as the Warthog.

The previous administration had decided to retire the aircraft, viewing it as an unaffordable extra in what had been a time of tight budgets.

Three years ago the Pentagon proposed scrapping the Warthog fleet as a way of saving $3.5 billion. Congress rejected that idea. Each of the next two years the military tried again, putting off the Warthog's retirement a bit further in the future each time....

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TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: a10; airforce; aviation; brrrrrt; obama; trump
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1 posted on 05/27/2017 6:25:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When the Norks and Chicoms come roaring across the 38th Parallel, we’re gonna need every airframe available. Real life “Independence Day.”


2 posted on 05/27/2017 6:30:45 PM PDT by nickedknack
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The muslim brotherhood probably advised 0bama to retire the Warthog.


3 posted on 05/27/2017 6:31:54 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Air Force has been opposed to the A-10 since about 1975.


4 posted on 05/27/2017 6:32:55 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The Warthog is an awesome machine. I’d hate to be in it’s way. It can take a beating and keep going.


5 posted on 05/27/2017 6:33:04 PM PDT by grimalkin (Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. - Winston Churchill)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I'm not surprised that DJT likes the Warthog.

He'll probably have the AF investigate whether a 757 can be made into a super-Warthog.

They can call it the Sweathog.

6 posted on 05/27/2017 6:39:53 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: ClearCase_guy

The Air Force has hated the close air support mission from the start, and compared to the Marines, they’ve pretty much sucked at it. My father was a WWII Pacific Theater Army combat veteran, and he said the Army Air Forces (and the Navy) provided lousy CAS to his division. The Marines did it right, and they loved them for it. I’m former Navy Air, and admit we’ve not done it well, either.


7 posted on 05/27/2017 6:41:19 PM PDT by nickedknack
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To: ClearCase_guy

Correct, the Air Force has never wanted it because it is slow and ugly and one of the best ground support aircraft ever made, something the Air Force has little interest in.


8 posted on 05/27/2017 6:42:52 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

As much as I don’t like John McCain’s general policies, he fought to have this plane kept active. So I’ll give him that.


9 posted on 05/27/2017 6:44:04 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: nickedknack

Sorry to ask this, but how do the Marines do it?


10 posted on 05/27/2017 6:45:06 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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The Air Force is run by fighter pilots. And fighter pilots of every service hate the A-10...because it's not a fighter. Everyone else loves it because it does the job it was designed for.

Always be suspicious when the fighter community tells you attack aircraft are unnecessary because an F-whatever can do the job. It just ain't so. You always need a mix of capabilities.

11 posted on 05/27/2017 6:45:34 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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To: nickedknack

My father-in-law was in the 1st Marine Division in Korea and he said they loved to see the Corsairs coming, they always clobbered the Chinese and Norks. He never mentioned what branch, but I assumed they would be Navy.


12 posted on 05/27/2017 6:45:42 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Warthog.

Anything to make muslins itch and cry is all right by me.

13 posted on 05/27/2017 6:47:13 PM PDT by Slyfox (Where's Reagan when we need him? Look in the mirror - the spirit of The Gipper lives within you.)
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14 posted on 05/27/2017 6:48:12 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: huldah1776

Down at the mud level, because every Marine is first a rifleman.


15 posted on 05/27/2017 6:48:50 PM PDT by DakotaGator (Weep for the lost Republic! And keep your powder dry!!)
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16 posted on 05/27/2017 6:50:43 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Too bad Trump’s budget guru doesnt feel the same way about the 350 ship Navy Trump promised us.


17 posted on 05/27/2017 6:50:49 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: ClearCase_guy

But they wont give it to the Army where it belongs.


18 posted on 05/27/2017 6:51:24 PM PDT by Uncle Sam 911
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

what had been a time of tight budgets.


Tight *military* budgets.

We were borrowing and spending money at record rates during those years. Obama just refused fund the military.

It is one of only a couple of things the Federal Government *should* be doing.

Not to mention the Democrats prevented actual budgets from ever being implemented, just “ongoing resolution” ignoring their responsibility under the Constitution.


19 posted on 05/27/2017 6:51:40 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Despite all it’s armor etc., the A-10 is an easy target in anything other than third world opposition and probably a lot of even them.

Sort of the same for the Spectre. It packs a real punch but can only operate in certain areas.


20 posted on 05/27/2017 6:52:56 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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