The stresses exerted on a fighter of any kind are greater than that on something like the B52, they have aged better accordingly.

$18m..... 32 years ago.

The ST is built under license at a facility in Jacksonville..... those that were, were handed over to the Afghan air force.

The problem is the Air Force doesn’t want to replace the A-10 with another durable, slow moving attack plane. They want to ‘replace’ it with the F35.

As long as they can get parts to refurb the airframe there is no need to replace it for the foreseeable future

Have a great day!

It can hold 6 paratroopers.

I keep hearing

Perhaps, but I doubt the factories are available, as the last one was built 32 years ago.

I’d be all about the Super Tucano too.

Law or no law, it can’t keep flying forever.

Alright, you want a wall of text you get a wall of text.

Apparently you disagree with the US GAO

- Every year it gets cheaper.

All the stars for you.

“On the way back to base, the life saving pilot strafed the tower in what is now a pound tradition among Norweigan F-16 pilots”

12 years worth of FRP.... assuming about 160-170 units per year.

No, it’s the shark-laser-beam paradigm that will be the game changer.

This hated word ‘stealth’ doesn’t mean invisibility.

3.75 Gripen for 1 F35?