Oops!

Apparently, they think it improves the crew cooperation.

MANPADS are already in use, not just that MIG-21 couple of days ago, plenty of other helos and fixed wing aircraft were shot down by MANPADS (confirmed sometimes even with video evidence).

On the title photo, Ka-52 looks like one of those weird 1980s Hollywood Hinds.

And there is also a matter of fact that USAF’s F-16s are not really brand new (airframe service life) and that CFTs would only be detrimental to that, given the increased G-loading exerted on the fuselage.

Strap two of them and watch in a mix of horror and awe.

Maybe on Mi-26, but other than that, I can only see it as a marine gas turbine.

While DoD is known for making dumb decisions regarding the various procurements, Tyler sometimes seems to have no understanding (or he doesn’t want to see) of how do military budgets work.

General Electric T700 swap?

Smoke jumpers; google will tell you more.

It was only a further clarification, as the first reply was overly simple. No firefighting method is good enough on its own, and the aerial firefighting is the best way to cover large areas in short time.

Jezza did it before it was cool:

Next up: Blackwater gets a contract to form a parachute brigade.

Wait, are you actually seriously thinking that A-10 should be used as a firefighting aircraft? I thought you were just ranting on how they should be given to the Navy’s Army’s Air Force, but this.....DAMN!

Aerial firefighting has multiple purposes, ranging from first response to accessing unreachable areas, and it is never meant to be the sole method of fighting a wildfire

We can start using F-35s as the lead planes for the air tankers (firefighting aircraft).

We are discussing the use of MANPADS.

Clickbait has peaked with that dumb headline.

Besides being the most effective way to fight wildfires at large scale, yeah, I don’t really see any evidence of its effectiveness.

You have a fiscal logic of an 8-year old child.