Now The USAF Wants to Cut A-10 Squadrons and Stop Re-Winging The Fleet

The WarZone ^ | June 9, 2017 | JOSEPH TREVITHICK

[huldah1776]

cut force down to 6 squadrons, repair as needed, put the pilots in danger let alone not being there for the boots, eh?

[Yo-Yo]

Outrageous. Congress can fix this (again) with a budget mandate.

[2ndDivisionVet]

No one becomes a general via the A-10. That’s the problem in a nutshell.

[null and void]

GIVE THEM TO THE MARINES!!!!

[thorvaldr]

This has gone on too long. If the air force can’t be bothered to give us CAS give us the planes and we’ll train some warrant officers to fly them.

[null and void]

No one becomes a[n Air Force] general via the A-10. That’s the problem in a nutshell.

I bet a Marine would.

[Pontiac]

The generals never wanted the A10 to begin with. It was forced on them. The airplane is not a high performance aircraft that general desire.

It is a work horse that does its job very well but is slow and ugly.

Funny thing is that it terrifies the enemy that is unlucky enough to fall under its gaze.

[lodi90]

There was a service member from a drone “squadron” wearing a flight suit behind me in line at the grocery store yesterday here in Florida. I could not believe his girth. Not exactly the sharp end of the force there. LOL. We really need these A-10s, IMO.

[2ndDivisionVet]

There’s an idea. Give the planes to the Marine Corps or the Army.

[SandRat]

I hear an UN NAMED source talking! Tell the name(s) of the never to be elected or promoted source(s! We deserve to know.

[smokingfrog]

Air Force would rather have three aircraft that could do the job of one A-10.

[outofsalt]

There’s an old story that an AF General used to say, “The A10 was designed around the nose gun, the F15 around the radar and the F16 around the ejection seat.”

[Mariner]

A B-1b flying at 50,000 ft can do more damage with precision weapons...to precise targets on the ground...than a squadron of A-10’s.

Armor, vehicles, reinforced emplacements...none out of reach for destruction. Especially when using CBUs.

[Nifster]

Idiots prefer new shiny gadgets...even if they don’t help the mission

[NorthMountain]

What is the nature of your objection?

That we have armed UAVs?

That they are organized into squadrons?

That their operators wear flight suits?

That one of these operators had girth you could not believe?

Why do you suggest that operators of armed UAVs are not the sharp end of the force?

Do you have reason to believe that this UAV operator was incompetent?

[TheTimeOfMan]

Move CAS, including fixed wing, exclusively to the Army and Marines.

[huldah1776]

AHHHHHH! I was wondering about the money, but didn’t consider the rank promotion! Obviously never been in the military. That makes perfect sense. sigh.

[Hulka]

Used to be the case. Not anymore.
Most all generals have A10 time, rare to find one without Hog time.

[Jeff Chandler]

A B-1b flying at 50,000 ft can do more damage with precision weapons...to precise targets on the ground...than a squadron of A-10’s.

I believe that.

[Hulka]

And watch them go bankrupt trying to maintain the jet while in the field, as well as maintain logistics and weapons.

Can’t do it.