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If the mission becomes opposing ISIS style forces, I doubt guns will be obsolete. <insert Warthog argument here>

• ghostberry 12y ago
  For attacking an enemy that doesn't have and real air defences they shouldn't be using a multirole jet fighter like the F-35 or a jet ground attack aircraft like the A-10. They're both way too expensive to run. They should be using a counter-insurgency aircraft, like the A-26s the Afghan Air Force is about to receive.
  • mcv 12y ago
    Not having a real air force is not the same as not having real air defenses. And the A-10 may be a juicy target for air superiority fighters, it's very resilient against ground-based firepower.
    • tankenmate 12y ago
      Low and slow the A-10 can out turn just about all air superiority fighters (vectored thrust fighters being the largest exception); as the old saying goes "get down low and go go go". The true enemy of planes like the A-10 is 4th+ gen missiles combined with look down radar.
  • tomjen3 12y ago
    Googling them it looks like those A26 could be shoot down by a Supermarine Spitfire. Also they are apparently WWII and early sixties planes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-26_Invader) are you sure you have the right designation?
    • moioci 12y ago
      Looks like it's the (Brazilian) Embraer A-29 Super Tocano: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_EMB_314_Super_Tucano
  • ArkyBeagle 12y ago
    True all that.