Gift For Houthi's

[svnmag]

 

[deleted user]

Words can’t express how much I love the warthog.

 

[870XPRS]

I love that we are back to Fuck Around Find Out mode.....

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

I'm old and fat and broken, and starting to look back a little. I just said the other day, if I had it to do all over again, I would take the right classes in high school to get prepared for college and flight school and try to be an A10 pilot in the US Air Force. Riding around in a 113 blowing shit up and building bridges was fun, but now I'd rather go BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT than BOOM.

 

[Zogman]

Words can’t express how much I love the warthog.

Agree 110%

If Biden would of had a few fly overs when back 3 years ago when Putin was lining up his tanks on the Ukraine border maybe the situation would be different. JMHO

 

[svnmag]

John McCain saved it....true deal.

 

[deleted user]

I remember a time where the Air Force wanted it gone, saying it’s outdated, hard to maintain and was losing its place on the modern battlefield. The Army loves it for close air support and offered to take them. Suddenly the USAF was cool with keeping it.

IMO they couldn’t stomach the idea of a lowly Army warrant officer in the sky with fixed wings.

 

[Rowdie]

 

[svnmag]

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

WHOOPSIE!!
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-fighter-jet-rolls-off-aircraft-carrier-sinks/story?id=121245662

 

[svnmag]

Trump announced today the A10 was done and being replaced by a brand new F15.

 

[svnmag]

The US Air Force is replacing the A-10 Thunderbolt II with a combination of other aircraft, primarily in South Korea and other key regions. The replacements include upgraded F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-15EX Strike Eagle IIs, and F-35A Lightning IIs. While the A-10's ground attack role is being taken over by these more advanced jets, some see a potential role for the A-29 Super Tucano, a smaller, more agile aircraft, particularly in low-intensity conflict scenarios.

Maybe the Army can save itself and the Warthog from the F35 Bush/Obama Turd:

 

[Fester]

The US Air Force is replacing the A-10 Thunderbolt II with a combination of other aircraft, primarily in South Korea and other key regions. The replacements include upgraded F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-15EX Strike Eagle IIs, and F-35A Lightning IIs. While the A-10's ground attack role is being taken over by these more advanced jets, some see a potential role for the A-29 Super Tucano, a smaller, more agile aircraft, particularly in low-intensity conflict scenarios.

Maybe the Army can save itself and the Warthog from the F35 Bush/Obama Turd:

How can the f-15EX even come close to the A-10? From what i can tell it cant. But i dont know a whole lot about them. Anyone on here care to explain?

 

[svnmag]

IDK: A 15 can fly with one wing; the A10 role can be reproduced from greater stand-off distances(?)...

With an extremely sad exception during Desert Storm; the A10 is a visible, lingering Angel to Grunts. That morale boost can't be duplicated with choppers; IMHO. From what I've seen they hover behind the front and snipe.

Maybe I'm just being nostalgic: I'd love the Army to order a few from Fairchild and cross train some Apache pilots. In my mind the A10 shares the same effectiveness/quality/mystique as a Nickel Steel Model 12 16ga and is suffering from similar "improvements".

One wing 15:



Bonus:

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

IDK: A 15 can fly with one wing; the A10 role can be reproduced from greater stand-off distances(?)...

With an extremely sad exception during Desert Storm; the A10 is a visible, lingering Angel to Grunts. That morale boost can't be duplicated with choppers; IMHO. From what I've seen they hover behind the front and snipe.

Maybe I'm just being nostalgic: I'd love the Army to order a few from Fairchild and cross train some Apache pilots. In my mind the A10 shares the same effectiveness/quality/mystique as a Nickel Steel Model 12 16ga and is suffering from similar "improvements".

One wing 15:



Bonus:

The greater standoff distance is the problem when the enemy has some of the same equipment and the only difference is an orange combat identification panel on TOP of friendly vehicles and a couple of reflective painted numbers and arrows on the sides. Iraq had some of the same 5 tons, deuce and a halfs and M113 armored personnel carriers during Desert Storm we sold them when they were our "friends" fighting Iran. Close air support needs to be CLOSE, and that is the A10. Replacing it comes down to certain senators and congressmen with aircraft plants in their districts wanting the kickbacks from big fat military contracts. Just build new updated A10's, it's not like they won't get into the air anymore.

 

[johnr]

The greater standoff distance is the problem when the enemy has some of the same equipment and the only difference is an orange combat identification panel on TOP of friendly vehicles and a couple of reflective painted numbers and arrows on the sides. Iraq had some of the same 5 tons, deuce and a halfs and M113 armored personnel carriers during Desert Storm we sold them when they were our "friends" fighting Iran. Close air support needs to be CLOSE, and that is the A10. Replacing it comes down to certain senators and congressmen with aircraft plants in their districts wanting the kickbacks from big fat military contracts. Just build new updated A10's, it's not like they won't get into the air anymore.

However if they come out as a fag, they are in the clear.

 

[Eatsleeptrap]

However if they come out as a fag, they are in the clear.

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world.

 

[svnmag]