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Offline GtoRA2

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« on: May 27, 2003, 04:25:22 PM »
Check this out!

Airforce folly
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Offline john9001

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« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2003, 04:29:35 PM »
the army should be given the A-10, they are the ones who need close air support not the AF.
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Offline Syzygyone

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« Reply #2 on: May 27, 2003, 04:32:33 PM »
then the Army and Marines, whose troops the Air Force will be leaving high and dry, should recommission all the Hogs out of mothballs and tell the AF to go suck a tail pipe!
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Offline LePaul

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« Reply #3 on: May 27, 2003, 04:32:41 PM »
Its in the NY Times....need I say more?
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Offline Hangtime

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« Reply #4 on: May 27, 2003, 04:38:55 PM »
I read somewhere that after 1991, 8 nations made inquires into buying mothballed A10's.

They were denied.

Seems odd, don't it?
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« Reply #5 on: May 27, 2003, 04:42:19 PM »
That article could be a reprint of articles from the last 15 years.  In the NYT defense... they did a good job on the A-10 stats.

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« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2003, 04:46:45 PM »
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Originally posted by Syzygyone
then the Army and Marines, whose troops the Air Force will be leaving high and dry,  


the marines have their own air support.
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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2003, 05:14:33 PM »
bad idea imo
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Offline OIO

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« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2003, 05:31:32 PM »
Time to bring back the P-38 ;)
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« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2003, 06:34:00 PM »
I was surprised to find out that the Marine F-35 JSF doesn't have a cannon.  Seems odd, considering that it's a close ground support vehicle.

I guess they can put heavier caliber stuff on wingpods, but I wonder if the new doctrine is "bullets are obsolete, missiles are good, m'kay".  If so, I hope it isn't a repeat the beginning of Vietnam and the Air Force (no dogfighting training, the assumption being that all fighting would be push-button stuff from stand-off distances, etc).
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« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2003, 08:47:21 PM »
The USAF agreed to procure the A10 when the Army said get a plane like that or we will get in the fixed wing attack air business.
Looks like they will have to step up again.
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« Reply #11 on: May 28, 2003, 02:12:29 PM »
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the marines have their own air support.

I am curious as to what the Marines have  that can compete with the A-10.  Are you talking about helos?  Isn't the survivability of  the A-10  far superior?
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« Reply #12 on: May 28, 2003, 02:22:17 PM »
I would think the Harrier  compares to the A10
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« Reply #13 on: May 28, 2003, 02:28:46 PM »
Also dont forget that before the A10  there was the "Dragonfly" A-37, (T-37 Cessna, "Tweety Bird") used by the Army as a close air support for a period of time during Vietnam,  and the A-1 Skyraider was used for close air support.  The army also had the   OV-10 used for fac and close air support.
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« Reply #14 on: May 28, 2003, 02:42:27 PM »
The Air Force has been trying to get rid of the A-10 for fifthteen years so they can goto Congress and ask for money to buy somehing 'fast and shiny'.  It has happened yet.
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