Beef7up

11/9/14

The Ac-130s are very expensive to operate and there are just a couple dozen of them available at any given time. Additionally, they work better at night and also have a slow dispatch rate.

11/9/14

No they are NOT ok with getting rid of them. The community has had a gag order put on it and virtually every retired JTAC talked to said it is insane.

11/9/14

1.) Keeping the A-10 will not cause the F-35 to go into a death spiral cost-wise. The whole idea of an immanent death spiral if relatively minor amounts of units are cut is questionable to begin with.

11/8/14

As a liberal who understands war strategy, I think this is a good thing. Getting rid of the Warthog when this plane is capable of smashing littoral craft is stupid.

11/8/14

Laughable, read the linked pieces.

11/8/14

Yep, such assholes in power who say 'other assets are good enough' well they don't have to be begging for CAS as the enemy is about to overrun their position do they?

11/8/14

God I hope so. These were our guardian angels in Iraq- They would be there in anything short of a full blown sandstorm to save our asses- When nothing else was flying, the A-10's still were.

11/8/14

Very true! But the A-10 is not one of those ways.

11/8/14

Tyler nailed the response I was going to make.

11/8/14

For sure, then there is this little gem:

11/8/14

For cult A-10 fan's like myself a few jokes (from Doug Campbell's A-10 book) I found while doing research on cost:
What is the air speed indicator in an A-10?
- A calendar
What is the biggest threat to an A-10 during low level flight?
-Bird strikes from behind.

11/7/14

Are you fucking kidding me? This is the normal speed video???! Okay, so he's guilty of a few poor lane changes and passing on the right. I don't see any flagrant speed or reckless driving present here, dude even stops for (most) red lights. Honestly this seems to be a safer pace then 75% of New York's traffic.

11/7/14