Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
have they finalized their departure? why not send them to the Army?
Originally Posted by
scambo1
The AF and army looked at giving the Hawg to the Army,but it violated the "roles and missions" of the army due to the hawg's range primarily. That was about 20 years ago.
Exactly what I was going to write. Scambo beat me to it. Thanks, Scambo.
The Army wanted the (CAS) capabilities the A-10 brought to their ground guys. So as a result of the Air Force trying to divest them after Desert Shield/Desert Storm (during the Clinton reduce the military era, sound familiar?), and instead of the Army Warrant Officer Corps assuming the mission, the Air Force decided to keep the airplane and upgrade it's avionics, engines, and weapon system, vice giving the a/c to the Army.
Now, under the current Regime............errrr, I mean Leadership,.........errr, Administration, they again are reducing the military to Pre-WW II strength (we need to save all the extra money the military is burning up on the welfare/entitlement mentality economics of this country), and divest two MWS platforms. (e.g. U-2/A-10)
GJ