These Photos Show A-10 Attack Aircraft During Austere Landings on The Freedom Landing Strip, Fort...

Well off the top of my head my answer to your question is yes. The B-1 was designed to fly over Moscow and survive, so in theory Tehran is a piece of cake. I say in theory because I don't know what countermeasures have been upgraded on the B-1 since it was pulled off the nuclear mission, but it's ability to fly fast below radar coverage and the terrain around Tehran makes it a very possible mission IMO.

LTC (Join to see) Piece of cake! I'm all in support of the A-10 and its unprepared surface takeoff and landing ability was designed into its capabilities from the get go. You need to remember that the A-10 was designed to be a Soviet tank buster and it's designers and operators fully envisioned it landing and taking off from European highways. The current CAS mission came about after the masses of Soviet tanks mission disappeared. The AF bought into the killing tanks mission, but I don't think they've ever fully wrapped their arms around CAS which is why the aircraft continues to be on the chopping block.

Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen - I hope the AF knows by now that we are all in this together. My team executed lazing missions for the AF and they covered our butts a lot too.

CPT (Join to see) They're a lot better at jointness than in my day for sure!

God one Cap