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The impending mothballing of the A-10 has prompted outrage among its advocates in the active duty military, hand-wringing on Capitol Hill, and questions from analysts about whether the new F-35 can be operated cheaply enough to support ground troops on a regular basis.
But is has also sparked a question: Which plane could the U.S. military adopt if it ultimately decides it needs a new, designated plane to provide close air support?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/03/09/these-planes-could-someday-replace-the-a-10-if-the-pentagon-spends-the-cash/?tid=HP_more?tid=HP_more
But is has also sparked a question: Which plane could the U.S. military adopt if it ultimately decides it needs a new, designated plane to provide close air support?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2015/03/09/these-planes-could-someday-replace-the-a-10-if-the-pentagon-spends-the-cash/?tid=HP_more?tid=HP_more
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There is no replacement for the A-10. Having served alongside the infantry and having been in heavy contact with the enemy, there was nothing more reassuring than the sound of an A-10 unleashing on the enemy. They are built for air to ground fire support and rarely if ever miss their target. There is no other platform that provides that kind of reliability.
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McSally Amendment to Protect A-10 Passes Committee
U.S. Representative Martha McSally successfully offered an amendment to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to protect the A-...
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Su-25KM SCORPION (It is made in Georgia)
THE BEST FROM GEORGIA
How about something Georgian, like the SU-25KM?
It's not as big and stout as a Warthog, but it's a lot closer to it in design philosophy than any of the "alternatives" touted in the WaPo article.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAszf4XPTFo
It's not as big and stout as a Warthog, but it's a lot closer to it in design philosophy than any of the "alternatives" touted in the WaPo article.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAszf4XPTFo
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#FacePalm They've been talking about retiring the A-10 for the last 25 years... still no equal.
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Rep. McSally Presses Air Force on Keeping A-10 Flying
During a House Armed Services hearing on the military departments' budget requests, U.S. Rep. Martha McSally pressed Air Force Secretary Deborah James and Ch...
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SPC David Hannaman
LTC (Join to see) - A few thoughts as I watch this:
1. Everyone there admits that there isn't an air frame that can match capability, so why is it open for discussion until a true improvement has been developed and tested?
2. The subject of cost keeps coming up, $4B for 5 years, the F-35 seems to be the closest to being a replacement (debatable, it's not "Hardened" to allow a pilot to linger in Close air support) at $104 Million a copy, but we keep cutting the number of those we're buying. We built 700+ A-10's for around $20 Million each... Seems like the most cost efficient route is to fire up the A-10 assembly line and build some new planes...
Typical case IMO of the Brass wanting "Shiny and new" the guys getting shot at just want something that @#$%ing works, and the politicians chasing their tail around in circles.
1. Everyone there admits that there isn't an air frame that can match capability, so why is it open for discussion until a true improvement has been developed and tested?
2. The subject of cost keeps coming up, $4B for 5 years, the F-35 seems to be the closest to being a replacement (debatable, it's not "Hardened" to allow a pilot to linger in Close air support) at $104 Million a copy, but we keep cutting the number of those we're buying. We built 700+ A-10's for around $20 Million each... Seems like the most cost efficient route is to fire up the A-10 assembly line and build some new planes...
Typical case IMO of the Brass wanting "Shiny and new" the guys getting shot at just want something that @#$%ing works, and the politicians chasing their tail around in circles.
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SPC David Hannaman
We're starting to forget the lessons of Vietnam... fast Jets aren't effective at close air support, Helicopters don't get there fast enough.
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