DynoDave
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Post by DynoDave on Nov 8, 2021 13:19:16 GMT -5
Interesting.
I'm not sure I would want to NOT have the A10 because we had this, though.
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Post by jeremy on Nov 8, 2021 16:46:58 GMT -5
As an aviation buff I love the A-10, but being cold and logical, it's been obsolete for decades. It can't survive against modern SAMs and it's an expensive way to kill low-end jihadi types. I remember reading about a general in the first Gulf War who found himself with a flight line of beat up A-10s. He had to send F-16s instead. I didn't like the idea of replacing the A-10 with the F-16 either but I've come around to it. It helps that the F-16 gun sound is actually waaaaaaay more terrifying than the A-10's -
IMO we would have been better off with the Cheyenne instead of the A-10. Apache is still relevant so the Cheyenne would still be. Unfortunately, as cool as the A-10 is, everything it does is done better by something else.
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