The Hog Puts The Hurt On ISIS.

http://www.iraqinews.com ^ | 01/15/2014 | Abdelhak Mamoun

[ataDude]

This is the same outstanding ground support aircraft that the head of the Air Force is going to eliminate over the next five years. Yea for her. /s

[NorthMountain]

Jihadium? Mohamedenium? Talabanium? Alquedium?

All unstable elements, and highly toxic.

[norton]

Army flew C7s in Vietnam until the AF whimpered enough to take them away, then immediately relegated them to National Guard.

For many reasons I believe that ground support should belong to the forces actually on the ground. Hog pilots apparently love their job and the plane itself but just about everyone else in the AF - not so much.

[NorthMountain]

air force is unconstitutional

Hah!!! I thought I was alone in claiming that. They should have passed an amendment back in 1948.

[wildbill]

The A-10 is the only airplane in our arsenal that was specifically designed for a role in support of ground troops.

The fighter jocks who run the Air Force have been making fun of it for years and advocating its demise. But in every war or military effort we’ve had since it came on line, it is loved by the troops on the ground because it can hang around for hours and give them a lot of fire support.

[ForYourChildren]

Here is a great clip by US forces.

https://t.co/7y4mTryb7d

[OneWingedShark]

By law the Army isn't allowed to operate fixed wing combat aircraft; that dates back to the founding of the Air Force as a separate branch.

And By law the Congress isn't allowed to fund a military branch other than Navy and Army.

[The_Media_never_lie]

So post modern inteligentsia. Cannot say the killed people; instead the took out elements.

McNamara style doublespeak.