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Islamic State fight could breathe new life into the A-10
Stars and Stripes ^
| September 26, 2014
| Jennifer H. Svan
Posted on 10/04/2014 1:48:47 AM PDT by GonzoII
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Ya missed me didn’t ya…hee, hee…
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posted on
10/04/2014 1:48:47 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
To: GonzoII
“The A-10 is more adept than other *fighters* at launching from short, austere airfields...”
WHAT DID YOU JUST WRITE...???
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posted on
10/04/2014 1:57:11 AM PDT
by
gaijin
To: All
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posted on
10/04/2014 1:59:26 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
To: GonzoII
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posted on
10/04/2014 2:12:45 AM PDT
by
SteveH
(First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.)
To: GonzoII
KEWL!
Best quiver in the arsenal for combat!
The politicians love to assault this platform only because you can’t make it better and that dries up their ability to take the graft from lobbyists.
The Saddam Iraqis called it Silent Death for good reason. Now deploy these guys again and lets see thousands of Roads to Basra sorties on the still advancing ISIS.
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posted on
10/04/2014 2:29:18 AM PDT
by
mazda77
To: GonzoII
God is still on His throne and He does care for us.
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posted on
10/04/2014 2:53:00 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: mazda77
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posted on
10/04/2014 2:58:40 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .. I have no proof .. but they're true.)
To: GonzoII
Getting rid of the A-10 would be like getting rid of the M2. It’s just plain dumb, and the inability of the Air Force to kill the A-10 is a great example of why we keep civilian control over the military.
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posted on
10/04/2014 3:12:56 AM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: knarf
But only if we crank up the production lines to near-WW II capacity and start rolling these newer and improved models of the A-10 and its supplementary armaments out in vast numbers.
Drones are good at patrolling, and the occasional launch of a pinprick hit, but squadrons of A-10s on dawn attack of identified enemy positions would do wonders in destroying the morale and supply lines of the nascent Islamic State.
Drones are snipers and scouts. The A-10 can be deployed as aerial cavalry. Like General George S. Patton said, “No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country.”
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posted on
10/04/2014 3:17:41 AM PDT
by
alloysteel
(Most people become who they promised they would never be.)
To: GonzoII
We should build another 700 A-10s, with no changes at all from the original design or from already approved upgrades. Avoid the design review process (decade of delays and increased costs), and just make them from the existing plans.
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posted on
10/04/2014 3:22:21 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: GonzoII
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posted on
10/04/2014 3:51:01 AM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: GonzoII
I love the A-10, but 0bama already gave ISIS MANPADs from Benghazi.
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posted on
10/04/2014 3:59:27 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(When Amnesty was granted 30 years ago, they promised to close the borders and enforce the law)
To: GonzoII
Was stationed at Myrtle Beach when they replaced the A-7s with A-10s - got to see some very entertaining displays of maneuverability. Love that airframe more than any other I have been around - not a pilot; just appreciate fine machinery...
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posted on
10/04/2014 3:59:47 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: GonzoII
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:11:57 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
("Country Songs Don't Have Happy Endings" - http://youtu.be/W93nc95j1KY)
To: GonzoII
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:14:55 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
(Mother of Epidemics- "Gang Green and the Government Staff Infection" - G. Morgan, Freedom Foundation)
To: GonzoII
LOL! Love the peace sign on the hub of the battling gun.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:22:04 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: GonzoII
I never understood why they dumped the A-10 from our arsenal. It is the best ground-attack aircraft in the world. It is a tank with wings, incredibly resistant to ground fire. It’s a stud.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:22:34 AM PDT
by
ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
To: mazda77
The politicians love to assault this platform only because you can’t make it better and that dries up their ability to take the graft from lobbyists. Bingo. You nailed it. The "problem" with the A-10 is that it was too cheap and it worked. Where's the fat military industrial contract in that for a Congressman to hand out in return for campaign cash.
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:24:44 AM PDT
by
Flick Lives
("I can't believe it's not Fascism!")
To: BwanaNdege
Dear ISIS - Fanatical Islamic terrorists/fighters, meet the Wart
hogs! "Aiiiiieee! Unclean, unclean!"
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:25:02 AM PDT
by
BwanaNdege
(Mother of Epidemics- "Gang Green and the Government Staff Infection" - G. Morgan, Freedom Foundation)
To: catnipman
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posted on
10/04/2014 4:25:02 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen)
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