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US Airforce in trouble.

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posted on Feb, 10 2016 @ 01:23 PM
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a reply to: grey580

Of course. It doesn't do you any good to have a bunch of aircraft for a mission if you're going to lose them in bunches on every mission. You run out of aircraft fast that way.



posted on Feb, 10 2016 @ 02:26 PM
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originally posted by: Bfirez
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IIRC they claim it won't survive in a modern A2/AD environment. My question is which 4th Gen platform will? Unless you think the 35's and the B1's can handle it all you need 4th Gen CAS still imo.


I think it means an A-10 is vulnerable even to fairly low-capability MANPADS which an F-16 is not.

Both are vulnerable to high-performance integrated air-defense ground stations and of course air superiority fighters.



 
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