Yeah!
Posted on 01/14/2016 6:35:58 AM PST by rktman
The Air Force is indefinitely doing away with its plan to retire the A-10 jet, a move that seems both inevitable and shocking, given the aggressive steps leadership has taken to get rid of the aircraft and the fierce push back they received in response.
The remarkably high demand for A-10s from commanders is almost universally cited among critics of the A-10 decommissioning process. More details will be available when the Pentagon’s 2017 budget plan to keep the bird is sent over to Congress for consideration.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Yeah!
Sensibility wins out over starry eyed vaporware gadgetry.
Great news!
Transfer them and the operating budgets over to the Army and Marines where they will be appreciated.
DAMN YOU PYGMIES!!!!
You didn't think I would say mooslime hordes out loud did you?
I want the Nikki lickers to think that I have “grown’ and “evolved”.
:-)
I would love to see the production lines for the A-10 restarted to bring the numbers up to snuff.
One the best aircraft ever produced.
That’s not caving; it’s finally getting their $**t together and their heads on straight.
I think the A-10 has already been re-winged or skinned, and while those 291 have a lot of life left in them, I agree with the poster who said we should be producing more of them, AND giving them to the Army and Marines, and making a carrier compatible versions.
Stealth has it’s role.
-So does the B-52, and that isn’t being retired any time soon even though it has NO stealth.
-So does the A-10, a heavily armored flying arsenal that is as bad ass as anything anyone has ever produced, including the Russians.
Giving up the A-10 would have been a tragic mistake.
Forth row down is all A-10s.
The USAF would rather do CAS with a strategic nuclear bomber than a A10. Crazy but true.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/20/air-force-returns-afghanistan-friendly-fire-crew-t/?page=all
At last.
A rational decision.
Now. Re-engine the B52 fleet..... Nope. Costs too much. Not enough benefit. Jet fuel is only 2.00 a gallon now.
Oh wait! Ya mean it costs more to fuel a B-52 FROM another series of tankers flying at 30,000 feet than it does from a Texaco station on the ground with a truck? Gosh. Who dah think!
I though Obama made them switch to bio-fuel (at about $60.00 / gal).
Time to dig out the blueprints for the tooling so a production line can be set up. Or did our government order all of that destroyed too?
The US Army is forbidden by law to employ fixed wing weapons systems. This is why they use Apache helicopters for close ground air support.
The Chicoms would be happy to reverse engineer it for you if you gave them one to work from.
I flew helicopters in Germany & it was cool whenever we heard over the 123.45 freq, “PIGS IN SPAAAAACE!!!”
Then a pair of A-10’s appeared and THEY were masking & unmasking behind trees like they were Cobras!
What a machine.
Don’t worry about her. She has way more cajones that obambi and his whimps.
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