A-10 Being Retired.

[GScholz]

Piloted drones are not the future. Autonomous machines with the authority to kill is the future, and that future is closer than most people think.

[Scherf]

I don't get it.

A-10s replaced by F-35s?

Seriously?

So, we'll have F-35s attacking tanks (well, not for the foreseeable future...) supported by the Royal Navy flying interdiction missions (well, not for the foreseeable future...) and the RAAF flying bombing sorties (well, not for the foreseeable future...)



All eggs, meet the basket.


Russkies and Chinese must be laughing their tulips off.


(C'mon, seriously? A-10 really out, in favour of the F-35? Seriously?)

[pembquist]

Here's a short video about the warthogs design. [urlThe story of the A-10 and why the F-35 cannot replace it.
http://wimp.com/storyreplace/][/url]

[GScholz]

Oh God, not Pierre Sprey again! 

[USCH]

I've been a HOG lover all my life, and I have never seen anything come close to being better at its roll. One day someone may make a better aircraft, but as i see it, the trend to build crap and make it "stealthy" sells... so i don't see a replacement for it soon...

The A-10 is in the area of the B-52, its damned good at its job because damned smart people worked on making it. People who know a work week was not 36-hrs long, and a job wasn't just for the amount of money you could get from it.

[FESS67]

ok, I am going to be the stupid one in the room - That pic in the OP is not an A10.  Not sure I get the point of the pic.

Thanks

<flame suit on>

[SilverZ06]

ok, I am going to be the stupid one in the room - That pic in the OP is not an A10.  Not sure I get the point of the pic.

Thanks

<flame suit on>

The pic is of the F-35...the A-10 replacement 

[pembquist]

Oh God, not Pierre Sprey again! 

Hey, it's America. PT Barnum, Steve Jobs, etc.

[GhostCDB]

I wish people wouldn't listen to everything they find on the internet.

[MiloMorai]

I've been a HOG lover all my life, and I have never seen anything come close to being better at its roll.

What is its roll rate?

[Serenity]

What is its roll rate?

Ba dum tiss!

[mbailey]

Use to love watching the 111th FW Hogs outta Willow Grove NAS.   I once watched a pair of A10s make lower level passes over Lake Nockamixon here in PA ...... They hung out around the lake for what seems like half an hr   Those guys were having a blast.      Very sad news indeed.  I kinda liked living in a world where I was protected by such a wonderful aircraft.

[68ZooM]

absolutely makes no sense at all the A10 it's probably one of the best close air support for our people on the ground besides the egg beaters flying around.

[Bodhi]

For the cost of less than a squadron of F-35's, we are giving up the absolute best CAS aircraft, bar none.  What an absolute crock of crap and a waste of money.

The F-35 program is an abysmal failure.  The aircraft is never going to meet it's expectations as a catch all, do all.  The US and other participants were fools for agreeing to this garbage.

[Rich46yo]

First off Im not a fan of retiring it because the costs of keeping them flying is minimal.

But it is a different world and a different tactical environment compared to when the A10 first flew. 1976 is the Year I graduated HS and the year USAF first started fielding them. At the time there were no precision ground support weapons. No drones. No precision artillery. Smart shells for USN ships....ect Some of the shells seek out enemy armor on their own. We have an awful lot of ways to kill tanks now, with high precision, that we didnt have in the '70s. AND support troops on the ground.

We all know the real reason the A10 is going. Im just saying its a different reality now almost 40 years later, not that i agree with it.