- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: USAF plans to retire more A-10 Warthogs; “crippling” close air support capabilities
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:08 pm to jcaz
Posted on 3/19/24 at 5:08 pm to jcaz
quote:
These airframes are old and the mission set is not needed as much since we are now transitioning back to Great Power Competition. In a modern conflict with China or Russia the A-10 would not have good survivability odds.
I don't trust the DoD to make such predictions. They made the opposite prediction and it led to the Littoral Combat Ships. Now they're adjusting back from that and they'll no doubt make fricked up decisions in the other direction. Congress needs to tell the War College / Lockheed-Martin weirdos to go off and polish their gold-plated slide rules and get back to basics.
1
Posted on 3/19/24 at 9:24 pm to Porpus
quote:
I don't trust the DoD to make such predictions
I am glad that after the F-35 JSF debacle they are having separate programs for NGAD and FA-XX
Page 1 of 1
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News