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The Air Force's attempt to kill the A-10

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March 5, 2015 at 8:55pm
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For those of you that don't follow the military the Air Force brass have been trying to kill the A-10 in order to buy more F-35s in the future.  I found and article (a long article) about how idiotic it is that an armed service is trying to remove its only true close air support aircraft and replace it with a lightly armored single engine stealth fighter that will not have an operational gun until 2017.  Senator McCain has been calling the Air Force out on its BS from the beginning and it will be interesting to see how much longer the service continues to push for the death of the A-10 without legitimate proof that it needs to go or that the USAF has a aircraft that can do the same job.  If there are any Army or Marine veterans on here I'd love to hear your opinions.  As an Air Force veteran I'm embarrassed at our leadership.

 

 

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