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Boeing to Air Force: Can we sell those retired A-10s to Saudi Arabia?
Boeing Vice President Chris Raymond confirmed that since the Air Force wants to rid itself of the A-10, Boeing is looking to sell the aircraft to U.S. allies like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates at the Paris Air Show Tuesday. (thelibertarianrepublic.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The only reason the A10 is useful in today’s combat environment is because the enemy doesn’t have many MANPADS.
The Russian’s were in the same position, with their Hinds, when they invaded Afghanistan. The Afghans were defenceless against the Hind until Reagan gave the locals Stinger missiles. It turned the war.
All it would take to end the A10’s tactical advantage that it has now, is for the Putin to do the same thing to us…
The Russian’s were in the same position, with their Hinds, when they invaded Afghanistan. The Afghans were defenceless against the Hind until Reagan gave the locals Stinger missiles. It turned the war.
All it would take to end the A10’s tactical advantage that it has now, is for the Putin to do the same thing to us…
The A-10 does rather well in a high threat environment because it can absorb lots of damage but still get the pilot home and often fly another day. William L. Smallwood's book, "Warthog, Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War" gives a vivid picture of what it's like to operate an A-10 in a very intense conflict that came with lots of surface-to-air threats. In fact, the Hog operating as a RFOA10G (read the book) had more success using HARMs than the Wild Weasels during the first gulf war.
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No, you never actually explained why anyone wants that. What are you talking about, exactly?
You will never get a job in the government, congress or Whitehouse making sensible statements like that.
Politics has only intervened from Congress where the A-10 and the grunts have supporters on both sides of the aisle. Note that neither Democrat nor Republican leadership have tried to interfere when supportive members kill the Air Force plans and have gone along with committee recommendations.
Peter is right....the program is bought and paid for...the lobby wants money for the F-35 and the Administrators are looking at it as a second pension program.