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To: dljordan

I believe so. But you have the product itself, you have I am sure drawings and specs. And as I said with the advances in 3D printing I would say you could get them back in production pretty quickly. I am sure their are retired engineers that could be lured out of retire to help create a new generation of Warthogs!


44 posted on 03/10/2016 1:50:48 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: Kartographer

As a fan of the A-10 and OA-10 I would have liked for them to stay in production longer. The only issue is that the plane was made for pretty much 1 task, tank hunting with the GAU-8 30mm gun.

This is not the mission that the OV-10 and other COIN aircraft are made to do.

If a modern version was put in to production the odds are that it would not have the GAU-8 but a much less heavy gun system and more precision guide weapons systems.


51 posted on 03/10/2016 2:08:25 PM PST by Bidimus1
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