[myknowledge]

MQ-1C Sky Warrior

MQ-9 Reaper

The U.S. Army Aviation should also use manned CAS aircraft, like the:

Air Tractor AT-802U

Boeing OV-10X Bronco

Hawker Beechcraft / Raytheon AT-6 Texan II

[JayVee]

There is an element in the USAF that has always resented the A-10 “Warthog” because it’s not fast and sexy. I will advocate turning the A-10s over to the Army, training Army pilots for close-in air support to be at the call of Army ground commanders and for the benefit of the grunts on the ground, as the USMC does.

[lacrew]

I’m an Army guy...but I am a little perplexed about the Army controlling these aircraft. It seems that the Air Force controllers have a much better command of airspace issues than Army folks. However, I can also see the merit of having these things controlled by the Army, to be more responsive to unit needs.

[Joe 6-pack]

Might as well leave the Skyraider in the mix, too...

[mamelukesabre]

These squabblings will end when the UAVs can fly themselves. Someday very soon there will be 500lb(and smaller) autonomous UAVs that do what the army grunt tells it to do. No airforce or army air corps will have anything to do with it.

[El Gato]

A Texan with that much hardware under the wings would be a real pig, I'm thinking.

The Air Tractor (a modified spray plane) might work out better. Besides which it just looks more like an attack aircraft. :)

[fire4effect]

The air force should be under the operational control of the army.

[dr_who]

I wonder whether the rules of war really can apply to someone who is operating the guns of some UAV from several time zones away. If that’s the case, does that person even need to be military? Just wondering what other folks think.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

How long till obama turns these against American citizens?I am only half kidding.

[dr_who]

This is rather encouraging

[RVN Airplane Driver]

I hate to think of how many lives were lost and dollars spent because of the on going pi$$ing contest about missions between the Army and USAF in Vietnam. For instance Army FAC’s couldn’t put in AF F-4’s on a target but if it were Marine F-4’s that was OK. ......and that was just the beginning of absolutely stupid rules and decisions that resulted in lots of names on the wall in DC.