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re: USAF plans to retire more A-10 Warthogs; “crippling” close air support capabilities
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:05 pm to HenryParsons
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:05 pm to HenryParsons
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Shame to see a legend moving into retirement.
It’s getting close to time on the airframes.
What’s a bigger shame is that we didn’t continue to update the design and produce more or them via new variants, or develop a true fixed-wing replacement.
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A portion of these should be reallocated to the Coast Guard for counter-trafficking operations.
Hell, sell them to Mexico and Colombia.
This post was edited on 3/19/24 at 1:09 pm
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Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:27 pm to HenryParsons
Sad, no better friend to ground troops.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:30 pm to HenryParsons
Their role is being replaced by drones.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 1:34 pm to HenryParsons
I think this is representative of our national shift away from ground conflicts as we become more militarily isolationist. The United States is, first and foremost, a maritime military power. We're a Navy that also has an Army, not the other way around. In fact, I could see the Army shrinking. Most of our future conflicts are going to be done with air and naval power with Marines being used in instances where boots are absolutely needed.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:04 pm to HenryParsons
As much as I love this platform, I really would hate to fly it given how effective portable SAM equipment is becoming.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:24 pm to HenryParsons
The A-10 is being replaced by search teams and DNA testing.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:27 pm to HenryParsons
Give them ALL to Texas.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 6:51 pm to HenryParsons
I completely disagree with retiring these planes. bullshite they're too expensive to maintain.
Ukraine ought to be too expensive to maintain, same with every other shithole country we've given billions of dollars to.
Ukraine ought to be too expensive to maintain, same with every other shithole country we've given billions of dollars to.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 7:31 pm to HenryParsons
quote:Sell them to Texas.
A portion of these should be reallocated to the Coast Guard for counter-trafficking operations.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 8:06 pm to HenryParsons
The DoD is always preparing for the next war(for better or for worse, different discussion.). The A-10 has been very relevant in the GWOT environment.
Regardless of its relevance in previous fights the pentagon recognizes its deficiencies on a modern battlefield. The A-10 is incredibly vulnerable to more modern manpads that our previous adversaries didn’t possess. Not to mention air to air threats, threats it didn’t face in Afghanistan and Iraq. All that said, the DoD thinks the warthog has a low survivability rate on the modern battlefield.
FWIW, I disagree and think it’s a valuable platform and retiring them is short sighted. They’ll need top cover to effectively do their job against near peer threats, but I don’t think we have anything that can do their job as effectively.
Regardless of its relevance in previous fights the pentagon recognizes its deficiencies on a modern battlefield. The A-10 is incredibly vulnerable to more modern manpads that our previous adversaries didn’t possess. Not to mention air to air threats, threats it didn’t face in Afghanistan and Iraq. All that said, the DoD thinks the warthog has a low survivability rate on the modern battlefield.
FWIW, I disagree and think it’s a valuable platform and retiring them is short sighted. They’ll need top cover to effectively do their job against near peer threats, but I don’t think we have anything that can do their job as effectively.
Posted on 3/19/24 at 8:12 pm to HenryParsons
Big mistake ….
Posted on 3/19/24 at 9:09 pm to HenryParsons
When I was a young warthog...
Posted on 3/20/24 at 8:12 am to HenryParsons
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Rose Riley, a Department of the Air Force spokeswoman, told Military.com last year that the service plans to shrink the Tactical Air Control Party, or TACP, job field to about 2,130 positions -- a decrease of 44%, according to the service. The Air Force said the manning is now "roughly" 3,700 airmen.
Other than the Warthogs, the AF sucks at CAS. Navy or Marine fixed wing is the way to go if calling in fast movers. In reality this won’t impact force posture except for the Army who relies on AF TACP.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 3:53 pm to HenryParsons
quote:This is actually a fantastic idea
A portion of these should be reallocated to the Coast Guard for counter-trafficking operations.
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