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A sad day for the soldier/seaman/airman on the ground.... (A-10/CAS Discussion)
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The ordnance is there if the fight requires it. Right now, it doesn't. APKWS is doing exactly what is needed right now.
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Shut up and take my money!
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Love the high AOA!
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Could be the A-10's maintaining lift at a slower air speed.
Great little planes. I was under the impression we had some but apparently we're building them under contract for the Afghans.
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Because we're not a third world military.
It wouldn't be bad for places like Afghanistan though. It'd probably be a leg up over attack helicopters, if it wasn't guns that you wanted.
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I would rather have a Tucano than an F-15/16/18/22/35 overhead. Do you have any idea what they can carry? Loiter times are amazing. I think using these in conjunction with the A-10 would provide a nice capability for CAS.
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Prolly because military managers are just not looking any farther ahead than the Raptor's, and the one aircraft that meets all needs, the ever popular F-35.
The Tucano brings back memories of the Viet-Nam era Sandies.
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Less than 25% of an A-10.
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But you can put up 4 for the same cost. Or 3 and 1 like we did with OV-10's, and put a JTAC in the back seat.
The OV-10 has a bigger payload capacity than the Tucano. I'd like to see that old Bronco upgraded and brought back for counter-insurgency but I guess it's being phased out in most places and replaced by the 29s. We touched on this earlier in the thread but the OV-10s were versatile platforms especially in support of small ground units like ours. @Red Flag 1 don't get me started again on Spads 
, I'll hijack the whole thread with A-1 stuff.
That's a VNAF A-1 getting some Nape. And look at the "payload" on the A-1H...The guy dropped a freakin toilet on N. Vietnam Bwaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa
, I'll hijack the whole thread with A-1 stuff.That's a VNAF A-1 getting some Nape. And look at the "payload" on the A-1H...The guy dropped a freakin toilet on N. Vietnam Bwaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa
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The OV-10 has a bigger payload capacity than the Tucano. I'd like to see that old Bronco upgraded and brought back for counter-insurgency but I guess it's being phased out in most places and replaced by the 29s. We touched on this earlier in the thread but the OV-10s were versatile platforms especially in support of small ground units like ours. @Red Flag 1 don't get me started again on Spads
That's a VNAF A-1 getting some Nape. And look at the "payload" on the A-1H...The guy dropped a freakin toilet on N. Vietnam Bwaaaaaaahaaaaaaaa
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The toilet
. I just hope it was packed full
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In Afghanistan maybe, not so safe in Syria.
I like the guy in the Super T taking pics of the A-10's.
