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To: george76

What replacing the A-10s?


3 posted on 07/12/2025 9:22:39 PM PDT by Jonty30 (He was so fat that it took a year for his memory foam mattress to forget him. )
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To: Jonty30

“What replacing the A-10s?”

Doesn’t really matter, we’ll all die of old age by the time something gets developed.


5 posted on 07/12/2025 9:27:12 PM PDT by BobL
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What is replacing the A-10s?

A $100,000,000 dollar F-235 that no colonel or general will order to conduct low-level close air support.

The DOD needs to force the Air Force to give the A-10s to the Army and let them fly the CAS missions. There is STILL nothing better to do that than an A-10.


7 posted on 07/12/2025 9:34:04 PM PDT by Bryan24
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To: Jonty30
What replacing the A-10s?

There may be several aircraft, possibly one is the MQ-9 Reaper. There may be others as well.

8 posted on 07/12/2025 9:34:21 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. Father of USAF ISR pilot. Both bitten by the aviation bug)
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To: Jonty30

Airtractors with no 30MM.


21 posted on 07/13/2025 5:42:03 AM PDT by dljordan (The Rewards of Tolerance are Treachery and Betrayal)
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To: Jonty30

The AF considers the F-16 a close air support aircraft.


28 posted on 07/13/2025 7:12:04 AM PDT by CodeToad
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To: Jonty30
What replacing the A-10s?

Nothing if the fighter mafia is in charge.

30 posted on 07/13/2025 7:46:05 AM PDT by pfflier
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