A-29 Super Tucano Vs AT-6: The “Smoking Hole”

Second Line of Defense ^ | Timperlake | Ed

[DefenseMatters]

The commanders on the ground in Afganistan have been urgently requesting Light Air Support for years. Now the only plane built for the mission is NOT ON ITS WAY BOYS! Well done USAF!

[grobdriver]

Roll out the A-10s.

[InsidiousMongo]

Oh yea, real smart! Cut A-10s when something like this happens. What the hell is happening to the people managing this country and its military?!

[lurk]

Why don’t they just mount some 30 cal pods on A-10’s? They already have the wing mounts and the aircraft. Plus, if they need to build more A-10’s, they already have the plans and they’re inexpensive.

[Oztrich Boy]

A senior USAF acquisition official, who is reportedly leaving soon in any case, did not like the documentation for the award.

Leaving for a job at Hawker-Beechcraft?

[USNBandit]

Another complete F-up on this project. The AT-6 isn’t ready, the Super T has been ready for years. Hell of a way to run a war.

[C19fan]

Do the Ruskies still have some Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmoviks that we can buy? We been fighting insurgents for 10 years now and the US still does not have an appropriate attack aircraft, except for the very capable A-10? If the US gives the contract to AT-6 what is the over/under on development time and cost overruns.

[org.whodat]

To hell with it, do not buy any::

[org.whodat]

Five years from now and ten times the cost per unit, the first AT may be delivered.

[MasterGunner01]

With Obama pulling out of Afghanistan and turning it over to the Taliban, the USAF should buy a bunch of old Sukhoi Su-25 “Frogfoot” attack jets for the Afghan AF and cut them loose. No sense throwing good, new aircraft at these camel jockeys. Buy the stripped-down Su-25s and a bunch of spares. Let the Russians support them because we're out of there.

Cut off all U.S. spare parts, ammo, aid, and everything else that keeps Karzai’s corrupt government alive. As American troops pull out, they should systematically destroy all the infrastructure we've pumped into Afghanistan. We sabotage the equipment and we should hang Karzai and his ministers as we leave.

[paddles]

...but Goldman Sachs (half owners of HBC) will have gotten their USAF-sponsored bail-out.

[353FMG]

If your suggestion is true, then Government has sank to the deepest level of corruption equal to what we accuse the third world nations of.

[AnTiw1]

At a Town Hall Meeting
On the 2008 Campaign Trail

ELDERLY LADY: Now, this Obama, I know he’s a terrorist...

MCCAIN: No, dear...Mr. Obama is not a terrorist.

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Just once I wish Juan McCain could get just one g-d’ed thing right...

[joe fonebone]

now THAT..... makes sense as to why the production super tucano is out and the on the drawing board at-6 is in...now i understand

[Tallguy]

We are not giving Warthogs to the ungrateful Afghans. Hope they get nothing.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

Plus, if they need to build more A-10’s, they already have the plans and they’re inexpensive.

The tooling was scraped when they were declared "obsolete". That's why Crew Chiefs are having to scramble for parts from older, shot up planes to keep newer planes airworthy.

Regards,
GtG

[Tallguy]

Heck, if we still built turbo-supercharged radials we could hand over some Republic P-47’s or some Douglas A-1’s. They would be ideal.

[smokingfrog]

   Bring back the Douglas Skyraider!

[Little Ray]

We might be able to buy some IL-10s from the Norks.

[Chainmail]

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