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2014-09-25 Iraq
A-10's welcomed back to the Air Force family.
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Posted by rammer 2014-09-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ]  Top

#1 No US ground troops = offset by bringing out the heavy or heavier airpower.

Glad to see the A-10's being used but I still would like to see the BUFFS + B-1's + B-2'S.
Posted by JosephMendiola 2014-09-25 00:16||   2014-09-25 00:16|| Front Page Top

#2 airpower by itself worked for us in Bosnia/Kosovo and the other nearby areas, in the 90s.

the area in Iraq is mostly desert.
should be easy to monitor with drones to keep those targets of interest coming.
Posted by Mikey Hunt 2014-09-25 03:14||   2014-09-25 03:14|| Front Page Top

#3 ..of course we still have Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo. Wonder why? See - boots on the ground.
Posted by Procopius2k 2014-09-25 07:52||   2014-09-25 07:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Airpower MIGHT work, if one is willing to accept the immense collateral damage that would occur if enough airpower was applied to actually accomplish the mission (see, e.g. Dresdan, Tokyo.) And the cost of buying all those bombs and rockets - but at least that would put people to work.
Posted by Glenmore 2014-09-25 08:31||   2014-09-25 08:31|| Front Page Top

#5 A-10s and Ac-130 Stingers make my cockles warm
Posted by Frank G 2014-09-25 11:08||   2014-09-25 11:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Not sure where we believe airpower worked in Bosnia. We had troops on the ground. They came very late to the show, long after the Serbs were near complete with their genocide.
Posted by 49 Pan 2014-09-25 12:15||   2014-09-25 12:15|| Front Page Top

#7 Saw an A-10 at an air show at Nellis AFB. I am a drooling fan-dork for life.
Posted by Anice Nim 2014-09-25 14:49||   2014-09-25 14:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Airman 1st Class Vanessa Dobos
Posted by Mullah Richard 2014-09-25 14:56||   2014-09-25 14:56|| Front Page Top

#9 Saw one at an air show as a youngster. Didn't know anything other than F-16! I thought I had seen a dragon...*then it did an ordinance demonstration. It was stupid-wow.

*don't know if pyrotechnics were already placed - can't remember seeing bombs drop but was so young I wouldn't not have been looking. Logic tells me yes, pre placed pyrotechnics. However, I am not sure how one would pretend the cannon other than blanks. I don't remember seeing any puffs on the ground, but again I was watching a dragon so my vision was elsewhere.
Posted by swksvolFF 2014-09-25 15:10||   2014-09-25 15:10|| Front Page Top

#10 A modern Sturmovik...

The A-10 is really and truly a large gun with wings attached.
Posted by Bill Clinton 2014-09-25 15:42||   2014-09-25 15:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Was playing golf at Westover AFB in MA many years ago and a flight of A-10s came over the ridge behind 6th(?) tee at little more than twice tree-top level.

Scared the crap out of all of us but DAMN they were cool.
Posted by AlanC 2014-09-25 16:10||   2014-09-25 16:10|| Front Page Top

#12 No boots on the ground

Don't kid yourself Mr. President. US troops are already in combat.
Posted by frozen al 2014-09-25 16:43||   2014-09-25 16:43|| Front Page Top

#13 Mikey, wrong. Bosnia was all about ground troops - crossed the Sava river. Look up Operation Joint Guard. Lots of patrols. lots of mines cleared, lots of weapons cache seazures, force protection, etc. Plenty of ground troops. Even a little town nicknamed "Buy A Vowel" -- Brcko. Some folks here may have even been there back in 97-8 ;-)
Posted by OldSpook 2014-09-25 18:00||   2014-09-25 18:00|| Front Page Top

#14 Martha McSally who is running for congress in Arizonia against Daffy Giffords picked replacement was a Warthog pilot.
Posted by bman 2014-09-25 18:09||   2014-09-25 18:09|| Front Page Top

#15 I'm still waiting for the Navy to demand a squadron or six to support the Marines. Can you imagine a carrier-based A-10? There wouldn't be enough toilet paper in the world...
Posted by Old Patriot 2014-09-25 22:07||   2014-09-25 22:07|| Front Page Top

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