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 Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 05:41 PM
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| Anybody else out there that thinks we should keep the Warthog/Thunderbolt II? |
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Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 07:35 PM
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| Last I read we WERE keeping it (until 2021 anyway). I think anybody will be 'hard-pressed' to come up with a better design and/or cost effective replacement. I see it being the B-52 of CAS meaning it will be here for a LONG time. |
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Posted: Jun 09, 2012 - 01:49 AM
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| The A-10 will probably be around until the Army can handle all of it's own CAS with drones. |
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flighthawk128
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Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 05:44 PM
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| I read that the Army was phasing them our in favor of F-35 Lightning IIs. |
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Posted: Jun 14, 2012 - 11:27 PM
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flighthawk128 wrote:
I read that the Army was phasing them our in favor of F-35 Lightning IIs.
I don't think it is so much phasing them out as it is relieving them of the strike roles that they aren't well suited for. |
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Posted: Jun 15, 2012 - 04:18 AM
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| The A-10 is due to stick around for another 20 years at least. |
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Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 06:23 PM
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| If we were to get into a serious war with Russia or China in the next few decades, we'd soon decide that we needed more planes for hitting targets on the ground. It doesn't even matter which type (Thunderbolt/Falcon/Lightning) we have the most of at that point; it will just be a matter of not having a large enough number of them. The solution will be to pick one type or another to order a lot more of on short notice. And that will result in a new production run of brand-new Thunderbolts just because it's quicker & cheaper than the other basic options. |
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Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 06:39 PM
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| Hard to say. The A-10 is basically a sitting duck for a fully modernized AD network. On the other hand, the combination of forward deployment, huge payload, and long endurance make it the ideal CAS platform in uncontested airspace. |
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Posted: Jun 16, 2012 - 10:55 PM
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| If we don't have enough CAS aircraft, I think we are probably more likely to quickly produce those small turbo-props than try to re-open A-10 production. |
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Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 12:47 AM
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| Good luck convincing the USAF to do that. |
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Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 01:05 AM
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1st503rdsgt wrote:
Good luck convincing the USAF to do that.
If we are in the situation that we suddenly need more planes, I bet they would take what they can get, the faster the better. |
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Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 01:07 AM
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| Plenty of good airframes (not just A-10s) in the desert for that scenario. |
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Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 01:16 AM
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Well, then we wouldn't suddenly need more planes, then.
We were talking about new production for when those ran out, weren't we? |
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Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 01:53 AM
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| And what if a giant space-dog came down and stomped on all our A-10s? |
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