The A-10 Warthog. A plane that is immensely useful as long as your enemy doesn’t have planes of their own, air defense, shoulder-fired weapons or machine guns.
ROFL, the A-10 is the most successful close air support aircraft ever. It was kept flying for 20+ years past it’s retirement age with everyone trying to kill it (leadership and Congress) because nothing can come close to doing what it can.
You want a failure look at the F-22 being retired without ever seeing combat despite there being active wars. It was too expensive and too unreliable.
the A-10 is the most successful close air support aircraft ever.
Yes, because America’s enemies during that time didn’t have planes of their own, air defense, shoulder-fired weapons or machine guns.
What they had was old AK’s, Soviet artillery shells filled with fertilizer, Casio watches and Nokia phones. (Oh, and they won.)
The A-10 Warthog. A plane that is immensely useful as long as your enemy doesn’t have planes of their own, air defense, shoulder-fired weapons or machine guns.
ROFL, the A-10 is the most successful close air support aircraft ever. It was kept flying for 20+ years past it’s retirement age with everyone trying to kill it (leadership and Congress) because nothing can come close to doing what it can.
You want a failure look at the F-22 being retired without ever seeing combat despite there being active wars. It was too expensive and too unreliable.
Tell that to the unarmed balloons shot down earlier this year!
When was it retired? I thought it was still in service.
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Yes, because America’s enemies during that time didn’t have planes of their own, air defense, shoulder-fired weapons or machine guns.
What they had was old AK’s, Soviet artillery shells filled with fertilizer, Casio watches and Nokia phones. (Oh, and they won.)
This is the same plane that supposedly couldn’t continuously fire its gun for too long because it would overpower the engines?
I thought it was over stressing the airframe
Yes, and that’s also coincidentally the same plane with the highest number of friendly fire deaths
Wow…