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The Soviets could do that 35 years ago
Posted on 04/27/2016 3:58:00 PM PDT by Chode
exactly, outcome is bought and paid for and rigged!
just like Colorado GOPe theft of republican voters participation in the state caucuses.............
this is all show! Helps rig and guarantee the retirement of the Wart-Hog
I’m a Chiefs fan so….GO WARTHOG!
The F-16 recently waxed the 35 in air to air. Keep the 16 and the A-10. We know they do what they are supposed to do.
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The Soviets could do that 35 years ago
A lot of our Cold War-post cold war battlefield strategy is based on total air superiority.
We sure do take that for granted.
Imagine US troops being subjected to attacks from the air, and the casualties that would result. Granted, we are damn good at that, and inflict a lot of casualties...but if some other enemy had the means, it makes me shudder to consider it.
Hahahaha...you just photoshopped that up, didn’t you?
The only sensible test is a ground attack comparison.
Since a ‘22 lr could take down an F-35, the A-10 is really the obvious choice (at approximately 1% of the cost and a lot more reliability).
And yes, I was a flight test type at Edwards...back when the A-10 was competing against the A-9. (Yup, dates me.....)
Oh, the F-16 had just won against the F-17 then. The ‘16 still betters the F-35, and the losing F-17 became the Navy’s great F-18.
But the real question is, how will the F-35 perform against Sharks with Frikking Laser Beams?
“I remember A-10s whipping F-16’s in 2v2.”
Indeed true. I flew some F-15s against them back at Edwards in the previous century. You won’t get behind something that can turn on a time...and then points a wall of solid lead, er, depleted uranium at you.
Of course, a good air to air missile will take care of that, but the A-10 is a close air support weapon...and the best there ever was.
Oh those 2v2 games at Edwards were merely messing around....when we had some extra minutes after some FOT (follow on training) in our respective aircraft. It was always interesting putting very dissimilar aircraft together.
Oh, those days..........
It would be more logical to build an improved A-10, and in a sane world, cheaper.
i'd love to take credit for it, but i cannot tell a lie... i stole it
A $400 BILLION screw up.
So you are going to use a tons of millions of dollar F35 for ground support missions instead of the combat-proven, heavily armored Warthog which costs a fraction of the F35?
We only have a few F35s and at their price somewhere over $500 Million (according to some figures I’ve seen - need more cost info here), losing just 2 could cost almost a Billion dollars to replace.
A SMART Air Force has three types of aircraft, fighter to fighter, fighter to ground and ground attack only
Under Obama, the world “SMART” has been obliterated from our military planning and leaders.
Will it be a fair comparison or will they cook the books for the 35?
Fine time to be thinking about this now.
After how many billions of taxpayer money?
We are rapidly losing any air superiority we have left. The Russians are producing new planes every few years, and in great numbers (even for sales overseas).
The Red Chinese are mass producing fighters, missiles, missile boats, and developing “missile swarm” attack tactics.
The Reds can lose half their force or more, but in the end, they will wipe us out just by using superior numbers. As I have said many times, when you have 1.6 Billion, people, you’ll get all the pilots you need and can lose in order to win with the remainders.
Our leaders are more than stupid. They are traitors!
Active Duty ping.
I have always had some disdain for the training and quality of equipment of the Russians and Chicoms, but one thing I have never discounted is the old adage that quantity has a quality all of its own.
even when the Hog wins, we all know the game is rigged, and it's ripe for slaughter... damn
Exactly. I worked with them all the time (WCT), got a few bubble checks from the jocks. They could fly low, slow and like you said - turn on a dime. Of course, their favorite was to hit the brakes, wait for the overfly and it was “guns, guns”.
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