that and the Jesus Nut... 8^)
Posted on 11/28/2014 7:12:52 AM PST by pabianice
The low- and slow-flying A-10 Warthog jet is back in the Middle East—seven years after the attack planes withdrew.
The prospect of A-10s joining the war against Islamic State was subject to rumors in September, when elements of the Indiana Air National Guard’s 122nd Fighter Wing—which flies the twin-engine A-10—deployed to Southwest Asia.
The Air Force finally confirmed the A-10s were in the region on Nov. 24, noting the aircraft “landed here over several days” between Nov. 17 and Nov. 21.
While it’s not clear whether the Indiana A-10s have carried out any strikes against Islamic State yet … they surely will soon. The Warthogs’ mission is to provide close-air support to Iraqi army and police and Kurdish Peshmerga troops fighting on the ground.
An Air Force spokesman confirmed to Air Force magazine that the A-10s “will only be supporting military requirements in the Gulf region, including but not limited to, Operation Inherent Resolve.”
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That's true, it's started it's long strange journey back to lead.
Regards,
GtG
The A-10 has no carrier version so the Marines would have to use what they have now.
“PIGS IN SPAAAAAAACE!!!”
What an awesome machine, the A-10.
I was a Huey driver. We lived by this proverb:
“Thy rotor RPM is thy staff of life, without it shalt thou surely perish.”
Not some lowly accountant, that sort of order comes from the top. Sec Def Dick Cheney ordered the tooling for F14s destroyed. He might have been the one who took out the A10 production stuff In addition.
That article is idiotic. It is written under the assumptions of the 80’s, and also, as if there wouldn’t be any electronic interdiction on their behalf.
Remember, the 80’s were when we were assuming we’d be trading tanks at a 5-7 per M1 in a Fulda Gap scenario, and the M1 has NEVER been defeated in tank to tank battle by a soviet block tank, it’s record is like 2700-0.
The A-10 is designed to operate with either air superiority or highly contested (i.e. assumes the other guys fast movers are mostly occupied) airspace. It’s armored to take ground hits.
The ONLY reason there is effort to remove this aircraft from inventory is because it’s to cheap, and not glamorous. If you had a scale that graded equipment retention based on how many enemies and their equipment the unit had destroyed, we’d be using A-10’s up until we “evolved into peaceful light beings”...
Yep.
“This is just cleaning up Bush’s mess.”
And what would that mess be?
that and the Jesus Nut... 8^)
Yeah, that and the Jesus nut (Oh Jesus!)
LOL. Didn’t see your reply until I posted!
LOL, good.
Bush’s mess is not being around to finish the job he started. Obama wasn’t interested, and thought our apathy was a better solution. So look what happened—the terrorists are fully organized now and calling themselves a nation, whereas Bush at least had them hiding in the shadows.
GMTA and all that... 8^)
No but we could bring back the A-6’s.
I believe any aircraft the Marines use needs to be able to fly from an aircraft carrier? It would be perfect for the army though.
Bhsh didn’t make a mess except in the minds of deranged moonbats
Oh yeah. . .a killing weapon for sure. . .
See Post 78 for a description.
Hell on earth, for sure.
Hah. . .that’s why it is called “depleted.”
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