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To: carriage_hill

I don’t even understand how the F35 and A10 are remotely comparable.

The reason they're being compared is because of the push to get rid of the A-10, plain and simple.

31 posted on 08/06/2016 11:12:02 AM PDT by Edward.Fish

Why wouldn’t the AF just turn it over to the Army? Gets it out of their garage, and the infantry still has the CAS they need? Just common sense, isn’t it? (I have no military background.)

32 posted on 08/06/2016 11:18:18 AM PDT by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)

I don’t even understand how the F35 and A10 are remotely comparable.

The reason they're being compared is because of the push to get rid of the A-10, plain and simple.

The F-35 fills a vital need in our inventory , but so does the the A-10.

We are also missing a slot below the A-10 that used to be filled by the OV-10 Bronco.

We need to pull our Broncos out of moth balls and refit and modernize them for some of the low intensity CAS functions the A-10 is doing but is over kill for. We can field 4 Broncos for the price of one A-10 which gives better coverage and a rapid response to break up the type of ambush attacks the Obama ROE invite.

Then bring in the A-10s if needed.

36 posted on 08/06/2016 12:24:25 PM PDT by rdcbn ("There is no means of avoiding a final collapse of a boom brought about by credit expansion. The alt)

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