I am watching Air Aces on American Heroes Channel. The episode about the Red Tails

Y'all should watch Combat Approved.

It's a series of documentaries on Russian military vehicles/aircraft/ships/weapons.

The F-22, like the A-10, wont retire for another 20 years, wven in the presence of 6th and 7th gen fighter craft as it is a reliable interceptor platform that is still lightyears ahead of the game and can be used to train new fighters in stealth fighter combat

Hell, it might receive modifications like the F/A-18 where it can be used for electronic warfare

My grandfather used to fly the Warhog

Says it was one of his favorites

the warthog is good, shame Fairchild Republic went bankrupt so no more are being produced, and also means upgrades to the platform are gonna be difficult to do

wish they woulda sold off the blueprints to someone like Boeing or Lockheed

who could have possibly given us a stealth capable varient with a vastly more up to date computer system

why didn't they do that

:(

A-10 as a 7th gen fighter would be cool

YA-10B Blackout

Mhmm

Maybe

i see they are talking about the a10

fellow cultured folk i see

https://tenor.com/view/a10-warthog-thunderbolt-freedom-gif-13733297

All of you are sayin' Army or Marines, my answer which one has cool planes such as the B-52s, that's right, the U.S. Air Force

Navy 😜

Duh

I got 3 generations behind me that were in the USAF

So yeah i agree

Me 264, in 1942 the same years as the B-29

@Hot babe VK168.01 (P) its still the pride of the navy to this day, because it is the only ship they have LOL

Lol

you forget, they still have the Anti-Air to actually shoot stuff down

And that anti air has been getting spicy lately

Wish they could go back and make more A-10's, especially the two seat versions. Would have loved to had an incentive ride on one when I was active.

apparently the A10 isn't very fast and not well protected which is why they stopped making them

That is a very uninformed opinion. The A-10 has some of the most rediculously redundant backup systems and pilot protection of any aircraft ever built. It'll literally a flying tank.

Im not saying thats what i think, im saying thats the reason they gave

Personally i don't see any reason to get rid of it

I understand that is the report, not you. I'm just POed about it.
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The A-10 has backup systems for it's backup systems, and then a manual backup for that backup.

The pilot sits in a titanium "bathtub" of armor with some of the thickest bullet proof laminate ever installed on an aircraft for the canopy over their head.

The F-35 is an all around air superiority fighter, not a close air support craft.

The F-35 has:
-No self sealing tanks
-No armor for the pilot for small arms fire.
-Fire power and flight range insufficient to provide consistent close support.

The whole thing is a scam, and a ponzi scheme. Those responsible should be procecuted.

jesus

I knew that people didn't like the F35 and now i see why

@ThiccSpicyGenderRevealParty https://www.military.com/air-force/air-force-pilot-landed-damaged-10-warthog-using-only-cranks-and-cables.html

I'd wager my lifes' savings on that the F-35 can't do that.

I'm, told that the F22s are still better

and im inclined to believe it