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Here's a long article on the Super-T: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/low-and-slow http://motherboard.vice.com/read/low-and-slow
by ansible 11y ago
Here's a long article on the Super-T:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/low-and-slow http://motherboard.vice.com/read/low-and-slow
- rm_-rf_slash 11y agoYes, essentially I was referring to the points of that article without having linked to it. Thanks for that.
- mrweasel 11y agoI think the sad reality is that no western government will be buying Super Tucano, simply because it's not a jet. The image that buying a propeller aircraft sends is that your air force is second rate.
- Sanddancer 11y agoThe US is buying some Super Tucanos, but they seem to be going more to Afghanistan than staying in the Air Force's arsenal [1]. Though the bigger problem is that the Air Force really resents having to do fixed wing close air support, and would much rather have the army just get helicopters for the job, even if helicopters have weaknesses in such a role, so they don't even like having to fly the A-10. [1] http://dodbuzz.com/2015/03/06/afghan-military-to-receive-its-first-a-29s-in-december/ http://dodbuzz.com/2015/03/06/afghan-military-to-receive-its...
- lotharbot 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules