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2015-11-06 Home Front: Politix

Murphy's Law: The A-10 And The Plight Of The Generals

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Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-11-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Don't need A-10 if you just retreat from the battlefield and nuke it from orbit.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-11-06 07:58|| 2015-11-06 07:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Fighter jets are sexy. The A-10 is not.

A fighter assignment and command is a promotional ladder. The A-10 is not.

A simple fix would to change the ruling so fixed wing, air support aircraft now fell under the command of the Army.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-11-06 08:48|| 2015-11-06 08:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Give the A-10 to the Army and Marines. Problem solved.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-11-06 09:24|| 2015-11-06 09:24|| Front Page Top

#4 I 2nd Rambler's motion.

Posted by Sven the pelter 2015-11-06 09:40|| 2015-11-06 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 The obvious solution to this quandary is an air-superiority variant of the A-10.

Sure, sounds crazy but consider:
It soothes the Fighter Mafia's disdain for all things terrestrial. The bean counters are happy because it fits their one-size-fits-all world view. The manufacturers get contracts and cash. And the people who actually need the A-10's unique services still get them.

Or you can do what Rambler said and just give the damn plane to the people who want it.

Posted by SteveS 2015-11-06 11:52|| 2015-11-06 11:52|| Front Page Top

#6 After transferring close-air support to the Army, convict the generals pulling this crap of dereliction of duty.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2015-11-06 12:05|| 2015-11-06 12:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Make the A10 drones piloted by the Army!

FIFEveryone!

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2015-11-06 12:53|| 2015-11-06 12:53|| Front Page Top

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