New thought...the A10 could take a shit ton of small arms fire and have a hearty chuckle before going brrrt. The morons in charge of the Air Force want to cancel the A10 for the F35, a stupid move.
If it was some yokel popping off rounds while the thing was hovering, that might change their minds.
I use a hammer for nails, and a pair of plyers for pipes. I use an A10 to help ground troops and destroy tanks, and an F16 for air superiority and maybe helping ground troops, which is like using a hammer for a paperweight. It still works. The F35, well, half of them can't even get airborne.
I guess my point was more along the lines of you need things like the f35 (maybe not that specific airframe) in order to be able to leverage a10s. But take the whole point to an extreme- you could have gyrocopters with snipers on them if you sufficiently owned the skies
New thought...the A10 could take a shit ton of small arms fire and have a hearty chuckle before going brrrt. The morons in charge of the Air Force want to cancel the A10 for the F35, a stupid move.
If it was some yokel popping off rounds while the thing was hovering, that might change their minds.
Seriously the A10 is the workhorse. Though it makes no sense in scenarios where you don't already have air superiority (it can't dog fight)
I use a hammer for nails, and a pair of plyers for pipes. I use an A10 to help ground troops and destroy tanks, and an F16 for air superiority and maybe helping ground troops, which is like using a hammer for a paperweight. It still works. The F35, well, half of them can't even get airborne.
I guess my point was more along the lines of you need things like the f35 (maybe not that specific airframe) in order to be able to leverage a10s. But take the whole point to an extreme- you could have gyrocopters with snipers on them if you sufficiently owned the skies
Good points.