Obviously you’re just a Lockmart Shill.
Sweeper
cm-sweeper
“In my view, not having enough room for the pilot to turn his head because of a giant multimillion dollar helmet system or physically allow for rearward visibility is a pretty shitty platform for turning and burning up close.”
You don’t seem to understand this: There is no “lack” of “dogfighting capability.”
“You are not sneaking up on an F-35. Its not the 1960's anymore... dogfighting is history.”
“Yeah, as I posted upthread, I will trust the review of the pilot who tested it in air-to-air scenarios against a 40 year old F-16 fighter that had less power, worse technology, and was carrying extra drop tanks that weighed it down:”
“Again, I call B.S. on a 20-30 minute loiter - that only makes sense with a combat radius the A-10 isn’t capable of.”
That meme about the AF not wanting to do CAS is fucking glorious, man...
Hah! Good one.
“You choose to simply laugh at the section on passive stealth, which is pulled from various authorities with applicable knowledge. It shows that you are here not to help a debate progress or to inform but simply to heckle.”
“The cannon, has in fact been fired in air, though the door sometimes doesn’t close, hardware and software side are still arguing. There is also still the small issue of its ammo supply, as in it is very small.”
DOT&E’s 2015 review doesn’t support your bullshit, though.
I’ve read it before, but thanks anyway man. I did some unrelated reading on the DOT&E site, very interesting stuff layin’ around.
“The answer to thess is yes.”
2019-2022.
Its a superior strike aircraft right now, but it isn’t exactly the best fighter, AFAIK...
lol
SAMs...
That gif is amazing.
