Posted on 07/06/2016 3:50:50 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Gun remains fixed, JHMCS helps identify designated targets.
For the Apache helos, the guns are slewed to where the gunner is looking. For fast CAS jets, a gun will not be slewed.
Hardest part is seeing the target when you are moving fast.
Not entirely correct.
Fixed wing is allowed in the Army, just not fixed-wing CAS.
The issue is the logistics, support, not to mention weapons loads that the aircraft requires the Army simply can’t provide without bogging itself down in weight, time and maneuverability. . .and runways. While the A-10 is designed to operate under austere conditions, operating regularity off of a dirt or unimproved runway over a mile long, this would require building the runway and defending it.
You believe what you want. I have a 25-year USMC veteran who says otherwise.
Worth repeating. “The Air Force should fly both.”
“A hummingbird traveling at 500+ knots leaving a big ass wake, and a heat signature, is gonna be noticed.”
That is why we don’t have supersonic nuke platforms (B-2).
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