>flying plane over half a century old in current year 2026Why not just use jdams wtf
Something has to drop the jdams, they don't just materializer out of thin air. But yes, an F15 flies higher, faster, further and carries more. The A10 is a boomer meme that should have been put down in the fucking 90s.
>>65047124There has been a constant attempt to retire the A-10 for longer than you've likely been alive. We know it's outdated, everyone does, except the old fucks still holding the bag and stamping their feet inside the MIC don't give a fuck about sense.This fucking plane was supposed to be retired in 1984 when the original production stopped.
>>65047124they sound scary, they stay.
>>65047124It has big gun, big gun goes BRRRRRTSimple as
>>65047161Because no other jet can do it's job once air superiority is largely established.
>>65047124It won't be retired until the GAU gets replaced with a laser minigun.
>>65047176everything can do its job, an F22 can do its job from 50000 feet.
>>65047176Then fully update it, Put the F-35 sensor suit in that goddamn thing and let the pilots actually identify FoF.
>>65047186can it do the job at the same cost per flight hour?we don't need gucci shit to be a bomb truck in a low threat environment. see: BUFF
I don't see why the A-10 of all planes can't just get the drone conversion and be a flying robot with BRRRRRT instead.
>>65047124Because it looks cool and aura farms hard!
On the one hand I hate the A-10 because it's an outdated peice of shit that gets pilots killed. On the other hand it's fucking awesome and makes MIC-brained missileniggers seethe because a bunch of 20 dollar cannon rounds do the same.thing a 6 gorillion dollar bomb does.
>>65047196A loitering drone is probably cheaper honestly
>>65047260>a single use suicide drone is cheaper than a plane with a gunYou sir are a MIC-brained missilenigger.
>>65047261No i meant those that fly high up with lots of opticals and can drop a bomb on targets or even do a flyby with autocannons. those drones.
>>65047176The F-15 would like to have word
>>65047306The richest country on earth can easily remax
>>65047124It is a monster at loitering over uncontested airspace and the GAU-8 means it has good magazine depth before APKWS was a thing. It also can cruise at low speeds which is helpful for CAS duties.Basically it did the things that moderrn MALE (like Predators) drones choc full of PGMs do beforre they existed. So yeah.
>>65047309America is rich in all the ways which don't matter
>>65047309You don't even have public healthcare or free education, Jose.
>>65047150Nah, they're still cool as fuck. Every A-10 deserves to fall in the line of duty, main gun expended and covered in the blood of her enemies.
I don't get it.Why not just replace it with a dedicated ground attack drone with the same weapons systems built-in? That way you can keep the BRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTT without putting pilots in harm's way to achieve BRRRRRRRRRRTTTTTTT-dom.
>>65047636Switzerland specifically deserves to be shit on like this. Also yes we do have free education
>>65047636Tell that to the fatass poorfags who keep coming to my hospital and using hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money to pay for their coronary artery bypass grafts because they can't put down the goddamn cheeseburger
>>65047747Im on blood thinners and havent had the need for a bypass.
>>65047124>Why not just use jdams wtfapparently usaf only used a-10s on friday night for sandy mission. lost two (one shot down, the other made a hard landing) and then didn't try again on saturday.
>>65048027Why fly non stealth junk when you can fly in immortal f-35 to drop jdams on targets?
>>65047283just like the drones that iran shoots down regularly
>>65047636why does a neutral country that exists to hide drug cartel and dictator wealth need tomahawks anyways?
>>65047306>noooooooooo! u cant rescue that pilot because it costs money!shut up brown
>>65047196B52s are not low flight hour in any sense lmao
>>65048512Every day I wake up thankful that I'm not brown
