The a-10 would fail this test in a contested battlefield the rest is a setup for the A-10 to win. If they want to fund it separately than that’s fine. http://jerryofgarcia.kinja.com/fairchild-a-10…
Except it is broke.
Exactly!
So, O Wise One, enlighten us as to the human rights and forward-thinking paradise Russia is...
Hard to see past the existing A-10....
Oh goodie, here come the Putinbots and the butthurt Russian expats who escape to the west either because it has better opportunities or to launder money, but still hold loyalties to the dictator.
Three men are sitting in Russian prison shortly after the Russian Grand Prix. The 2nd man turns to the other two and asks them why they are there.
Easy Vladimir.
The stresses exerted on a fighter of any kind are greater than that on something like the B52, they have aged better accordingly.
I have a solution:
Hmm, they kinda look like a smaller version of the old P-51D Mustang
SDB is pretty much the perfect weapon for real fast movers doing CAS
This would have been my favorite COIN proposal had it ever gotten off the ground so to speak
The ST is built under license at a facility in Jacksonville..... those that were, were handed over to the Afghan air force.
As long as they can get parts to refurb the airframe there is no need to replace it for the foreseeable future
The A-10 is a limited overpriced COIN platform
There was no technological alternative.
This is a miserable graphic to use to illustrate a point. No one is comparing the F-15C to the A-10 except you. This whole article is not only too long, but ignorant of the realities that smart bombs, UAVs, and other aircraft can perform CAS in a more survivable manner than the A-10.