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Randomly, nice nick. The Culture reference made me smile. Doing that (Taking CAS responsibilities from the USAF) is actually a wonderful idea. One of the reaso
by SEJeff 11y ago
Randomly, nice nick. The Culture reference made me smile.
Doing that (Taking CAS responsibilities from the USAF) is actually a wonderful idea. One of the reasons the F35 is such a cluster f is due to the Marines requiring it to more or less be a Harrier replacement. The Marines use the harriers primarily for CAS and I've targeted for them as well in Iraq when I was there ~2003-2004 during the big Fallujah offensive.
- GunboatDiplomat 11y agoYeah, that's a big reason the F-35 is fucked. At this point, it definitely would have been more effective to develop at least two entirely separate aircraft.
- stormcrowsx 11y agoIsn't the purpose to reduce the maintenance cost? I would think one type of aircraft is easier to maintain than 2 different specialized aircraft.