Posted on Dec 12, 2019

Congress may have given the Air Force an exit door for the light attack aircraft program

SSG Robert Mark Odom

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Congress may have given the Air Force an exit door for the light attack aircraft program

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Posted 5 y ago

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CPT Jack Durish

Posted 5 y ago

Shouldn't mission drive such programs? Maybe we should look to the Navy/Marine relationship to guide such decisions. Marines fly Marine aircraft in close support of Marine missions. What's wrong with Army pilots flying Army aircraft in close support of Army missions? Then let the mission requirements of each close support role define the needs for equipment.

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SSG Robert Mark Odom

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Excellent points!

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MAJ Javier Rivera

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The Army tried such a thing after the Korean War then the Air Force, afraid for the possibility of loosing funds, developed interest and came up with the A-10. There’s more into it but I’ll end up writing a while dissertation.

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SSG Tom Pike

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Isn't Special Operations Command a Joint Service command? Therefore they could continue to use Air force Pilots but the aircraft would be SoComm assets? So it wouldn't technically be the Army flying the planes, but SoComm? Just like they AC130 Gun Ships.

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MAJ Javier Rivera

Posted 5 y ago

Secretary James V. Forrestal (responsible for the Key West agreement) must be rumbling in his grave right now!

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Congress may have given the Air Force an exit door for the light attack aircraft program

Congress may have given the Air Force an exit door for the light attack aircraft program

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