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re: USAF plans to retire more A-10 Warthogs; “crippling” close air support capabilities
Posted on 3/20/24 at 3:53 pm to HenryParsons
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.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 4:18 pm to FearTheFish
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This is actually a fantastic idea
This is why I come to the OT.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 4:21 pm to slacker130
Turn the gun into a big arse water cannon for firefighting. That would be badass.
This post was edited on 3/20/24 at 4:55 pm
Posted on 3/20/24 at 4:26 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
USAF needs to give the A-10’s to border patrol.
That would end illegal immigration over night.
That would end illegal immigration over night.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 4:59 pm to Boudreaux35
The Air Force has introduced the "Super A-10"
The aircraft is going nowhere in the near term...
The aircraft is going nowhere in the near term...
Posted on 3/20/24 at 6:27 pm to The Pirate King
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I don't know if you've seen video of the Russia-Ukraine war, but they're trotting out Cold War-era equipment and in an all-out war both countries would send wave after wave of humanity to win a war of attrition.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 6:29 pm to Tempratt
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was referring to the manufacturer of the A-10?
Oops!
Posted on 3/20/24 at 6:36 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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what battlefield was the A10 designed for? Stopping the Russians from going west?
Exactly. The Russians had far more armor and infantry than we had in NATO so we needed a counter to that. The two main answers were the A-10 and the CBU-97 (later upgraded to the CBU-105) that contained the Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) that has an IR seeker that detects the heat from a tank's engine compartment and then fires an explosively formed projectile at that heat source. Each CBU canister contains 40 SFWs. Very effective weapon.
CSB...I dropped 2 on an Iraqi tank column that was threatening to overrun a Marine Infantry Company in OIF. 1/3 of the column was destroyed and the rest came out of their tanks and surrendered to the Marines.
Posted on 3/20/24 at 8:05 pm to Boudreaux35
Fairchild the manufacturer been out of business for 20 years I belive
Posted on 3/26/24 at 9:57 am to jcaz
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I am glad that after the F-35 JSF debacle they are having separate programs for NGAD and FA-XX
F-35 is as successful as any other fighter project. Pessimism and the emergence of the internet garnered hyper focus on it
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