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Posted on Jun 9, 2019
These Photos Show A-10 Attack Aircraft During Austere Landings on The Freedom Landing Strip, Fort...
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The Air Force has no excuse that they're going to keep the B-52 as late as the year 2060, they can sure do the same damn thing with the A-10 Warthog. The Air Force does not want to admit that the Marine Corps
is flying their Osprey tilt-rotor planes can fly at the same speed as the A-10 Warthogs so the A-10 Warthog can do close air support while the Marines land safely!
is flying their Osprey tilt-rotor planes can fly at the same speed as the A-10 Warthogs so the A-10 Warthog can do close air support while the Marines land safely!
These Photos Show A-10 Attack Aircraft During Austere Landings on The Freedom Landing Strip, Fort...
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I love the A-10, however I suspect that the presence of the B-52s is designed to be a visual reminder of our ability to reach out and touch them, strategically speaking that is.
To my USAF Pilot brethren .... would it be possible for a B-1B (The BONE) to fly extremely low and as fast as possible directly over Tehran and survive?
I was just thinking what a great object lesson it would be if we could prove to the Ayatollah's, the Iranian people, and to the world in general that we didn't necessarily need to use ICBMs to "nuke 'em till they glow".
To my USAF Pilot brethren .... would it be possible for a B-1B (The BONE) to fly extremely low and as fast as possible directly over Tehran and survive?
I was just thinking what a great object lesson it would be if we could prove to the Ayatollah's, the Iranian people, and to the world in general that we didn't necessarily need to use ICBMs to "nuke 'em till they glow".
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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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.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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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.
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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.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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CPT (Join to see) They're a lot better at jointness than in my day for sure!
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