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Government Accountability Office rejects Air Force argument for retiring A-10
Six-Gun
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http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/06/25/gao-rejects-air-force-arguments-to-retire-a10-warthog-fleet.html?ESRC=dod.nl
It seems that nobody is pulling the cart for the retirement argument on this one.
"Without a reliable cost estimate, the Air Force does not have a complete picture of the savings it would generate by divesting the A-10 and does not have a reliable basis from which to develop and consider alternatives to achieve budget targets," the GAO said.
It seems that nobody is pulling the cart for the retirement argument on this one.
Accuracy: because white space between bullet holes drives me insane.
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Dear USAF, you aren't fooling anybody.
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"Slow is smooth, smooth is fast, and speed is the economy of motion" - Scott Jedlinski
Yep. Them, and the senators whose states were pre-emptively pimping new manufacturing jobs for the F-35s various parts before knowing if the work would actually be needed.
Of course, we need a POTUS with some balls to go after Islamofacist first.
I say keep it!
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I'd rather have my sister work in a whorehouse than own another Taurus!
― Douglas Adams
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.
Let the BUFF's (B-52) protect the Wart hogs in the oldest active air craft club!
Recoil is how you know primer ignition is complete.
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Close air support at mach 2 is impossible. The A-1 Skyraider passed the torch to the A-10. Neither one is fast, but they are the right tools for the job in their respective time frames. The A-10 should not be retired until something else that can fly low, slow, and is more heavily armored with new lighter armor comes along. And can vaporize all that oppose it on the ground. The Navy doesn't have anything to really replace the A-6 and it's gone.
― Douglas Adams
We do need the A-10 for it's gun.
The stubby wing mach capable jets don't handle so good at really slow speeds like the A-10 does. The old F-4 was a fine fighter, but watching one maneuver slow speed was painful.
The A-10 does have a fine gun, and the armor to take some hard knocks and not falter.
I'm just sayin' that in the big scheme of things, an aircraft capable of low and slow, with long loiter time can be exactly what is needed, and nothing else can do what it does equally, or nearly as well.
― Douglas Adams