The Real Problem with Killing America's A-10 Warthog - nationalinterest.org
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nationalinterest.orgPosted Jul 23, 2016, 10:42 PM UTC
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nationalinterest.orgI mean if they want to keep around CAS "experts" haven't f16s flown more CAS missions overall? Doesn't that make this articles argument sound ridiculous? We need to keep the f16 around because....Or maybe the skyraider....
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It's not like CAS squadrons are currently being comprised from old A-10 squadrons either. /s
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What squadron is a CAS squadron?
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None right now, as there are no USAF squadrons operational with the F-35.
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I'm not intimately familiar with poopjet cas but it isn't really the same animal as hog cas is it?
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Pretty much, they just get there faster. You will of course have the difference in arms, especially the guns...
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only real difference between them is the caliber of the gun. F-16s have a 20MM cannon, F-35As have a 25MM cannon, and A-10s have a 30MM cannon. Outside of that, they're virtually the exact same weapon options.
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Very interesting article and from a perspective that I haven't heard from or even considered before. Very good read.
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Thank you for posting this.
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Hot damn! An article that doesn't spout "muh flying tank", "ask da grunts what they want", "it's like, impossible to shoot down", "it can basically stay on station until the pilot has died of old age" and "without it
hundredsTHOUSANDS OF AMERICAN SERVICEMEN WOULD DIE!!!!