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Revealed: US Air Force Is Planning to Build a Super A-10 Warthog
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| 11 July 2016
| Kris Osborn
Posted on 07/13/2016 7:37:36 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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The expense of the A-10 is simply killing the Air Force!
Almost any old BS to make it go away!
We are working on a bigger, better new one; the check is in the mail...
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:37:36 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
It has reached the point where Air Force Brass can no longer be trusted to design Close Air Support. The Army needs to design, have built and totally control it’s own.
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:40:07 AM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
My thoughts exactly. This is a smokescreen to get rid of the A-10.
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:46:50 AM PDT
by
rcofdayton
(.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Super Warthog
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:47:07 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: mountn man
That was uncalled for. /sarc LOL
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:48:09 AM PDT
by
meatloaf
To: DUMBGRUNT
A super warthog. They’ll screw it up. Watch em keep the name, then it’ll be covered with hard points for attaching defense contractor pork.
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:50:09 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The A-10 works, and it works very well. It scares the hell out of the bad guys.
It's one hell of a close air support platform. I'd hate to see them taken out of service just to satisfy the bureaucrats and the government contractors who want to make billions building the next gen CAP system.
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:51:17 AM PDT
by
Kenton
To: Kenton
I thought the F-35 was going to fill that role.
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:54:07 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: DesertRhino
The AF Fighter Mafia’s Super Warthog - A F35 with a camo paint scheme.
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:57:03 AM PDT
by
HombreSecreto
(The life of a repo man is always intense)
To: DesertRhino
Send them the drawings for the Cobra Rattler jet. Hasbro really jazzed the A10.
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:57:34 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Any one want to be the requirements include supersonic cruise?
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:58:14 AM PDT
by
DugwayDuke
("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
To: mountn man
Administration Lie #1: The F-35 is fantastic! Great ground support plane! Will replace the A-10! No problem!
Administration lie #2: We need a super A-10! It will cost billions and billions, but we need it!
The truth: The A-10 kicks ass.
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posted on
07/13/2016 7:58:16 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The official language of the United States should be Arabic. It's clear that our government is.)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
07/13/2016 8:00:17 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: Kenton
If one wanted to be creative and have a super wart-hog....I’d put up a high altitude blimp at 30,000, with a dozen live-action cam’s, remote-controlled, ten GAU-8 Gatling-guns, and 300 air-to-surface missiles. You don’t need some roving aircraft....you just something that is beyond the normal sight of the bad guys and equipped to bring maximum firepower in a matter of seconds onto one square yard.
To: mountn man
A stopped in for pics of the A-10, not ... that
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posted on
07/13/2016 8:00:54 AM PDT
by
frithguild
(The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
To: DUMBGRUNT
They could save millions by leaving the A-10 as it is and it will still dominate the battlefield.
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posted on
07/13/2016 8:01:01 AM PDT
by
Marko413
To: ClearCase_guy
Was in Tucson about 1/2 a dozen years ago. Saw them taking off out of Davis-Monthan
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posted on
07/13/2016 8:01:23 AM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: DUMBGRUNT
You can build a fleet of A-10’s for the cost of one F-35.
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posted on
07/13/2016 8:01:26 AM PDT
by
lurk
(T)
To: mountn man
I have some involvement in Air Force acquisitions.
My opinion: Acquisitions is about spending money and keeping a lot of people employed.
Support for the warfighter is what they talk about, but the reality is that it is about 93rd on the list of priorities.
If people only knew how much “spending money” is prioritized, they would feel very differently about this stuff.
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posted on
07/13/2016 8:02:55 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The official language of the United States should be Arabic. It's clear that our government is.)
To: mountn man
Weapon of Mass Revolting.
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posted on
07/13/2016 8:05:01 AM PDT
by
Zathras
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