Apache loiter time isn't very far off that of the A-10, they don't carry anywhere near the firepower though.

Now if only the DoD had a few dedicated community’s of aircraft controllers that specialize in this sort of thing, we could call them Joint Terminal Attack Controllers or something similar, and their juniors could be referred to as a Tactical Air Control Party, maybe the Army would even have people who do this sort of…

Superior in what way? The 3.5EB is bomb proof.

And the B-52 was designed as part of the nuclear triad, times change, doctrine changes and equipment adapts.

Who needs reality when you can get kick backs, amirite?

It is, I think it holds something like 300 rounds and is primarily tasked as a self defense weapon.

A plane relying purely on AGM’s and guided bombs will never be as good or better than the A10 in a CAS role, a plane not designed to operate at low speeds will never be as good or better in a CAS role, a plane where the pilot can’t turn his head because of the bulky helmet will never be as good or better than the A10…

The A10 is the best they can deploy for CAS, there is nothing to debate. The Browning M2 dates back to the late 1910's and still works, nobody wants a fix for that.

Doesn’t get much cheaper than the A-10, cost to operate is low, it’s comparitivly cheap to load the GAU v. Dropping a shit ton of JDAMS, has a low cost per sortie cost.

A CAS platform armed only with Guided bombs, yeah, I’ll hold my breath for that 9-line getting approved :rolls eyes:

Clashes between trump supporters and anti Trump protestors?

Not the first carbon fiber monocoque, so tired of that myth, that honor belongs to the EB110.

This article is about the military, you cuck.

I know what it is and it is completely irrelevant in this context, as I stated, all pay is rank based and equal across the different services of the military.

Yeah, that doesn’t happen anymore, for fuck sake, the nephew of the current Army chief of staff is an infantry platoon leader in a light infantry company.

Pay is already equal across ranks in the military, this is about truly bridging the “equality” gap in the combat arms.

Are you implying President Obama had a hand in the shuttle program ending?

I wish I could do this remotely, I could probably bring some stuff to FA (military background) and I love cars, alas, the Army has me in Tennesee.

“Why I think rotarys suck, and other things nobody cares about”

I know 3 people with them on order currently, my local dealer got 9 appropriation slots; 8 are sold, one is being kept on the low down for the owner.