“Analysts” like who? Cause the Danish government seems pretty psyched about it.

Keep in mind that those A-10s that got perforated still made it home

There is no evidence to support the claim that the Air Force doesn’t care about CAS anymore. It’s a ridiculous canard parroted by the uninformed: people who refuse to accept that planes besides the A-10 perform CAS all the time. Take your high-horse speeches somewhere else.

So then just drop a bomb instead.

How exactly is the A-10 more “survivable” than the F-35?

Perhaps you should read the actual report and see if that metric is discussed in detail?

Ask India how the Rafale is working out for them.

Yes, there is money involved. Lot’s of money involved. And so the Danish government took all variables into consideration and formed an educated opinion before deciding that the F-35 was the best choice of the bunch.

Who is we? The tests were for the Danish Air Force. Nobody else.

The risk with the Hornet is that it is not a stealth-capable air-frame. So it might have a very hard time competing against future anti-air systems.

It’s not really an “argument” at all. We both know the F-35 will go much further.

If we take an F-16 and an F-35, fuel both to 100% capacity, and have them go as far as they can with no external fuel tanks or aerial refueling, then which plane gets further?

That was a lot of fancy words, but in the end you admitted the truth. The F-35 has superior range than the F-16 and a higher maximum payload. So your earlier comments about the F-35 were quite untrue. So with that in mind, the F-35 should be able to perform CAS equal or better compared with the F-16, a plane which…

Whoa there buddy. Slow down. The F-35 is just as maneuverable as the F-16. (Don’t even try bringing up that “dogfight test”, that was a software test and you know it.) The F-35 can also carry more than the F-16 when loaded to max payload. And what is this nonsense about range? The F-35 has at least double the combat…

Everybody keeps saying that the A-10 is more survivable than the F-16 but how often do F-16's get shot down? Almost never, and that’s despite performing a larger percentage of CAS missions versus the A-10.

“Low & Slow” is another red herring. The overwhelming majority of CAS missions performed the last 10 years have been from altitude. And that includes missions performed by the A-10.

How often do F-16's get shot down?

If we’re going by number of tanks destroyed the F-111 wins there.

You have personal experience with the F-35? Please tell us more.

How many nations run the A-10?