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Air Force to Sustain A-10s ‘Indefinitely,’ General Says
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| October 28, 2016
| By Oriana Pawlyk
Posted on 10/28/2016 11:49:34 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Watch out for these.
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posted on
10/28/2016 11:52:09 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Despite the nickname, I have always liked this aircraft.
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posted on
10/28/2016 11:52:14 PM PDT
by
Tench_Coxe
(For every Allende, there is a Pinochet)
To: Brad from Tennessee
They need to produce a drone-version of Warthog. Relying on warplanes whose production was ceased a long time ago would not be enough.
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posted on
10/28/2016 11:53:24 PM PDT
by
TigerLikesRooster
(alt.current-events.clinton.whitewater)
To: Tench_Coxe
Me too...
Overpowered, durable, and hell on wheels for the enemy.
Love it.
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posted on
10/28/2016 11:54:01 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Lost in Space / the Democrats are Dr. Smith and the rest of us are the Robinsons...)
To: Brad from Tennessee
Why not build new ones also and just add better tech as it comes available? The thing does a monster job but you know there are improvements that can be made.
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posted on
10/28/2016 11:54:55 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: Brad from Tennessee
keeping the A10 is the second best news I’ve heard today.
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posted on
10/28/2016 11:57:06 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(je sui cou rouge !)
To: Brad from Tennessee
The reason the USAF is going to keep the A-10 Warthogs flying is that the service does NOT have a survivable ground attack machine that can do the close air support (CAS) mission. For the price of one (1) F-35A Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), the USAF can completely upgrade its entire A-10 fleet to the A-10C, re-manufacture older birds, and run A-10 squadrons for at least three years. Besides, what USAF officer would dare to put his brand new wonder weapon anywhere near a CAS environment? The USAF doesn't know if the F-35 can even do CAS effectively, but the A-10 certainly can. The US Army isn't doing handsprings over retiring the A-10 in favor of the F-35 JSF either. The Army knows the USAF will not want to risk their hideously expensive F-35s doing the CAS role for troops on the ground.
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posted on
10/29/2016 12:06:16 AM PDT
by
MasterGunner01
( To err is human, to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX:)
To: Jeff Chandler
The JsF’s heat signature is much worse than the A10. F-16s hit the ground on Iraq doing CAs. It is not a job for JSF class aircraft.
Combined arms tactics require JSF and A10 to
work together
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posted on
10/29/2016 12:34:10 AM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: llevrok
Its bad news imho. It’s old and need retirement. The only reason they’re keeping it is because there’s no close range air support to replace. Personally I think lots of drones could fill this role, not f-35
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posted on
10/29/2016 12:35:25 AM PDT
by
4rcane
To: llevrok
The army should have never let go
of the A10 to the Air Force. Seems
like the Air Force took it just to decide to get rid of it without consultation with ground forces
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posted on
10/29/2016 12:36:36 AM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: 4rcane
Even though what you say has merit, there is nothing like the BBBBBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that one hears right after you see enemy artillery and tanks turned into scrap metal.
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posted on
10/29/2016 12:47:53 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: JudgemAll
mmmm The Army never had the A-10. There was talk when the Air Force first wanted to get rid of them but when congress seriously started considering it the Air Force decided to keep them to stop the Army from having fixed wing combat AC.
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posted on
10/29/2016 12:52:44 AM PDT
by
Kadric
To: Brad from Tennessee
Why do they keep threatening this plane? The thing is a flying TANK tank killer. Sure, I realize that it makes life tough in the cocktail lounge when you have to explain that, while you really ARE a pilot, the thing you fly is called “Wart Hog” but Buck Up! Folks have endured worse for their country.
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posted on
10/29/2016 1:14:08 AM PDT
by
wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: Kadric
I seem to remember pictures of A-10s with US Army painted on them, and also a story about how the air force did not like the US Army having them. I might be wrong.
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posted on
10/29/2016 1:15:54 AM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: Brad from Tennessee
The A-10 also needs upgrades, and the Air Force needs to adopt close air support methods and doctrines that pair it with the F-35 so as to put their respective capabilities at the service of US ground forces. Testing and exercises have shown that they make a potent combination.
To: 4rcane
"
Personally I think lots of drones could fill this role, not f-35."
Personally, I think that since a new A10 only costs a couple million more than a Predator and is far, far, more capable, it would be a Hell of a lot cheaper and also provide a much more effective CAS capability to reopen the production line and build new ones with the upgrades in them from the start. Not a "redesign" that would be an invitation to waste money, just the same plane with upgrades and whatever improvements that are easy to fit in the existing airframe as it already exists.
In addition, this time around the USAF should be kept from deliberately not equipping them for all the missions they could perform in order to make sure they could still justify buying other more expensive aircraft. No matter how you slice it, an F16 with two fat fuel tanks to have loiter time is no where near as effective as an A10 for CAS and the F35 is far worse than the F35.
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posted on
10/29/2016 1:34:09 AM PDT
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
To: Rashputin
finger futz fix follows :
". . . and the F35 is far worse than the F35."
should read :
"and the F35 is far worse than the F16."
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posted on
10/29/2016 1:46:20 AM PDT
by
Rashputin
(Jesus Christ doesn't evacuate His troops, He leads them to victory !!)
To: Tench_Coxe
...devastatingly effective
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posted on
10/29/2016 2:11:47 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: wastoute
“Sure, I realize that it makes life tough in the cocktail lounge when you have to explain that, while you really ARE a pilot, the thing you fly is called Wart Hog but Buck Up! “
Pure bullrap and you have no idea what you are talking about. Do yourself a little favor and educate yourself how the “Hog Drivers” feel about this aircraft. That is their given title, not some idiot yaking in a bar.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18002876-hog-driver
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posted on
10/29/2016 2:26:43 AM PDT
by
mazda77
(The solution: Vote Trump)
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