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At this point, I wish that the fixed wing close air support mission would revert back to the Army. The F-35 is never going to be able to fill that role, and th
by protomyth 8y ago
At this point, I wish that the fixed wing close air support mission would revert back to the Army. The F-35 is never going to be able to fill that role, and the Air Force seems really reluctant to devote any resources to the mission. The ability of the A-10 to linger in the area is not matched by any potential replacement.
- ansible 8y agoAgreed. Attack helicopters plus some fixed-wing assets with long loiter give plenty of flexibility for various kinds of CAS missions. And all this should really belong to the Army (and Marines [1]) instead of the Air Force, which desperately wants to stay high, fast and stealthy. [1] And the entire DoD needs to re-think about how and why we're usually deploying Marines on land, for typical land-based missions that are the main remit of the Army.
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