06-21-2019, 06:52 PM
There's always been a cross-current saying the A-10s ought to be turned over to the Army. Never went anywhere for a lot of reasons, among them the fixed wing in one Service, rotary wing in another "rule" (never mind that USAF has a small number of helicopters and the Army a small number of regular airplanes), USAF not wanting to give up a cadre of fighter pilots, the Army not sure what they'd do with that many people from a very different community, etc.
I personally love that jet, but with regret, I question whether it is survivable on a modern battlefield. That said, I still think shoehorning the very expensive F-35 (in any variant) into a Close Air Support platform is kinda nuts.
I personally love that jet, but with regret, I question whether it is survivable on a modern battlefield. That said, I still think shoehorning the very expensive F-35 (in any variant) into a Close Air Support platform is kinda nuts.