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Now The USAF Wants to Cut A-10 Squadrons and Stop Re-Winging The Fleet
The WarZone ^
| June 9, 2017
| JOSEPH TREVITHICK
Posted on 06/16/2017 11:38:17 AM PDT by huldah1776
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cut force down to 6 squadrons, repair as needed, put the pilots in danger let alone not being there for the boots, eh?
To: huldah1776
Outrageous. Congress can fix this (again) with a budget mandate.
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:43:12 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: huldah1776
No one becomes a general via the A-10. That’s the problem in a nutshell.
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:44:05 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: huldah1776
GIVE THEM TO THE MARINES!!!!
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:46:43 AM PDT
by
null and void
( The Flat Earth Society claims they have members all around the globe!)
To: huldah1776
This has gone on too long. If the air force can’t be bothered to give us CAS give us the planes and we’ll train some warrant officers to fly them.
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:47:44 AM PDT
by
thorvaldr
To: 2ndDivisionVet
No one becomes a[n Air Force]
general via the A-10. Thats the problem in a nutshell. I bet a Marine would.
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:48:12 AM PDT
by
null and void
( The Flat Earth Society claims they have members all around the globe!)
To: Yo-Yo
The generals never wanted the A10 to begin with. It was forced on them. The airplane is not a high performance aircraft that general desire.
It is a work horse that does its job very well but is slow and ugly.
Funny thing is that it terrifies the enemy that is unlucky enough to fall under its gaze.
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:48:19 AM PDT
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.L)
To: huldah1776
There was a service member from a drone “squadron” wearing a flight suit behind me in line at the grocery store yesterday here in Florida. I could not believe his girth. Not exactly the sharp end of the force there. LOL. We really need these A-10s, IMO.
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:50:15 AM PDT
by
lodi90
To: null and void
There’s an idea. Give the planes to the Marine Corps or the Army.
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:51:38 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
To: huldah1776
I hear an UN NAMED source talking! Tell the name(s) of the never to be elected or promoted source(s! We deserve to know.
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:53:47 AM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country.)
To: huldah1776
Air Force would rather have three aircraft that could do the job of one A-10.
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:53:56 AM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Pontiac
There’s an old story that an AF General used to say, “The A10 was designed around the nose gun, the F15 around the radar and the F16 around the ejection seat.”
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:55:37 AM PDT
by
outofsalt
( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything)
To: huldah1776
A B-1b flying at 50,000 ft can do more damage with precision weapons...to precise targets on the ground...than a squadron of A-10’s.
Armor, vehicles, reinforced emplacements...none out of reach for destruction. Especially when using CBUs.
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:55:43 AM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: huldah1776
Idiots prefer new shiny gadgets...even if they don’t help the mission
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:55:50 AM PDT
by
Nifster
(I see puppy dogs in the cloudslo)
To: lodi90
What is the nature of your objection?
That we have armed UAVs?
That they are organized into squadrons?
That their operators wear flight suits?
That one of these operators had girth you could not believe?
Why do you suggest that operators of armed UAVs are not the sharp end of the force?
Do you have reason to believe that this UAV operator was incompetent?
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posted on
06/16/2017 11:58:39 AM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: All
Move CAS, including fixed wing, exclusively to the Army and Marines.
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posted on
06/16/2017 12:00:33 PM PDT
by
TheTimeOfMan
(A time for peace and a time for war)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
AHHHHHH! I was wondering about the money, but didn’t consider the rank promotion! Obviously never been in the military. That makes perfect sense. sigh.
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posted on
06/16/2017 12:01:37 PM PDT
by
huldah1776
( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Used to be the case. Not anymore.
Most all generals have A10 time, rare to find one without Hog time.
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posted on
06/16/2017 12:02:23 PM PDT
by
Hulka
To: Mariner
A B-1b flying at 50,000 ft can do more damage with precision weapons...to precise targets on the ground...than a squadron of A-10s.I believe that.
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posted on
06/16/2017 12:02:46 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies Tell me where is sanity?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
And watch them go bankrupt trying to maintain the jet while in the field, as well as maintain logistics and weapons.
Can’t do it.
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posted on
06/16/2017 12:04:35 PM PDT
by
Hulka
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