Motley Fool on A-10 Retention
#1
Motley Fool on A-10 Retention
A quick slideshow from Motley Fool on the costs of the A-10 versus other CAS alternatives:
Is the Air Force's A-10 Warthog the Best Plane Money Can Buy? (BA, LMT, NOC)
Is the Air Force's A-10 Warthog the Best Plane Money Can Buy? (BA, LMT, NOC)
#2
I'll probably catch hell for this but here's an alternative that I would put forward-
Mothball 50% and let the other 50% go to the Army.
She's proved herself time and time again and sadly in this day and age it's not good enough.
Fred
Mothball 50% and let the other 50% go to the Army.
She's proved herself time and time again and sadly in this day and age it's not good enough.
Fred
#6
Packrat ,close your eyes and imagine that you are on the ground receiving incoming and you have a choice between a proven and an unproven cas -fac a/c which one are you going to want providing cover ?
#7
Army fixed-wing flying
Back in the late '60s, the Army's DHC Caribous were being transferred to the AF.
An old CA told me about getting checked out....
Army IP: "I'll demonstrate a short-field landing."
AF Student: "Where?"
IP: "That clearing just ahead."
Student: "What!? You're kidding!"
IP: "Naah, plenty of room."
Student: "Aieeeee!"
<whump..roar>
IP: "See? Piece of cake."
Student: "Wow! But how do we get out of here?"
IP: "Easy! Watch this!"
Student: "Aieeeee!"
An old CA told me about getting checked out....
Army IP: "I'll demonstrate a short-field landing."
AF Student: "Where?"
IP: "That clearing just ahead."
Student: "What!? You're kidding!"
IP: "Naah, plenty of room."
Student: "Aieeeee!"
<whump..roar>
IP: "See? Piece of cake."
Student: "Wow! But how do we get out of here?"
IP: "Easy! Watch this!"
Student: "Aieeeee!"
#9
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2009
Posts: 595
Respectfully disagree.
A certain Army general ignorantly said that fixed wing aviation was not a core competency during the C-27J debacle. He showed his rear-end.
He did that, quid pro quo, in order to get another brigade.
Do some research and you'll see quite a few fixed wing assets (not the white ones) in the U.S. Army inventory.
No, I don't think the A-10 belongs in the Army, but it definitely needs to stay.
#10
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2009
Posts: 5,193
Packrat ,close your eyes and imagine that you are on the ground receiving incoming and you have a choice between a proven and an unproven cas -fac a/c which one are you going to want providing cover ?
Back in the late '60s, the Army's DHC Caribous were being transferred to the AF.
An old CA told me about getting checked out....
Army IP: "I'll demonstrate a short-field landing."
AF Student: "Where?"
IP: "That clearing just ahead."
Student: "What!? You're kidding!"
IP: "Naah, plenty of room."
Student: "Aieeeee!"
<whump..roar>
IP: "See? Piece of cake."
Student: "Wow! But how do we get out of here?"
IP: "Easy! Watch this!"
Student: "Aieeeee!"
An old CA told me about getting checked out....
Army IP: "I'll demonstrate a short-field landing."
AF Student: "Where?"
IP: "That clearing just ahead."
Student: "What!? You're kidding!"
IP: "Naah, plenty of room."
Student: "Aieeeee!"
<whump..roar>
IP: "See? Piece of cake."
Student: "Wow! But how do we get out of here?"
IP: "Easy! Watch this!"
Student: "Aieeeee!"
"No"
"Oh yee of little faith"
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