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Cleared for takeoff: Aging A-10 gets another decade to support ground troops
War is Boring ^
| 6/17/19
| Andy Wolf
Posted on 06/18/2019 6:42:08 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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Pulled this off of Fark where the headline was, " Let me continue to sing you the song of my people (until at least 2030)... BRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTT"
GREAT NEWS!
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:42:08 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase
Have them fly border patrol.
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:43:30 PM PDT
by
McGruff
To: Rebelbase
We need them patrolling our border with Mexico.
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:44:12 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(September 11, 2001 : Never forget, never forgive.)
To: Governor Dinwiddie; McGruff
We’ll need them for the cartel war.
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:47:15 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: Rebelbase
They are pretty vulnerable in a modern integrated air defense environment. However, weve tended to fight wars where such doesnt exist, or doesnt exist for long. And fundamentally, the Air Force has to be drug kicking and screaming to provide true close air support, which is an aspect of this vote. Its part of why the Marines have never given up their air component.
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:47:57 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Rebelbase
There is nothing to replace the A-10 design. We have to keep it flying.
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:48:10 PM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: Rebelbase
GOOD.
Now, re-tool and build brand new ones.
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:49:47 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
To: Rebelbase
I’ve said this at least 20 times, so here I go again: the air force has never liked the A-10. The ground attack role isn’t “sexy” enough for the wing wipers. Give them to marine aviation.
CC
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:52:16 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV)
To: TADSLOS
Now, re-tool and build brand new ones. Not necessary. We have plenty of them at AMARC that can be rebuilt.
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:52:24 PM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Rebelbase
Every time they showed a 500 lb bomb be used in the mid east to take out a pickup truck or some other type of ground vehicle I kept wondering where are the A10s that could do that job at probably 1/10th the cost.
To: Rebelbase
I am blessed to have survived an A10 friendly fire incident during Desert Storm. I thought God had ripped the sky in half...words cannot describe.
Glad to see we're keeping it.
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:54:37 PM PDT
by
SENTINEL
(Kneel down to God. Stand up to tyrants. STICK TO YOUR GUNS !)
To: Rebelbase
The A-10 provides close combat support now.
Eventually the F-35 will provide oit by controlling drones.
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:54:37 PM PDT
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: Celtic Conservative
In desert storm ... Ill say no more but the a 10 is mythical. In my view.
Invaluable besides
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:54:47 PM PDT
by
stanne
To: EagleUSA
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posted on
06/18/2019 6:57:04 PM PDT
by
Beagle8U
(It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you place the blame.)
To: Yo-Yo
Build more new ones anyway.
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posted on
06/18/2019 7:00:29 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
To: Rebelbase
THREE CHEERS for the WARTHOG & for the (mostly) AIR NATIONAL GUARD pilots that fly them so bravely.
In my day (when dinosaurs roamed the Earth!) as a MIKE PAPA, when things got “sporty”, we looked forward to the ROAR of the A10 “down in the weeds” & firing CSA fires, sometimes within 10M of our fragile bodies.
(When Combat Support MPs talk about CLOSE AIR SUPPORT, that’s what we mean.= REALLY CLOSE.)
Yours, TMN78247
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posted on
06/18/2019 7:02:48 PM PDT
by
TMN78247
("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, 1836)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
06/18/2019 7:05:39 PM PDT
by
McGruff
To: Rebelbase
If an airplane needed saving just because of looks, the A10 is it.
I know. That’s not a reasonable reason.
But God how I love their mean, butt ugly look.
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posted on
06/18/2019 7:07:26 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(Vote, while it is still legal!)
To: antidemoncrat
You’ve just put your finger on one of the problems. The A-10 has legendary loiter capabilities, but it isn’t what they would call a “fast mover”.
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posted on
06/18/2019 7:15:25 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
(Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
To: Celtic Conservative
I recall a girlfriend seeing one at a Ft Lauderdale air show and telling me about the goosebumps she got seeing and hearing an A10 flying overhead.
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