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Pentagon to test F-35 against A-10 for Close Air Support
Already an alarmingly poor dogfighter, we may now find out just how good the JSF is at CAS. Reads like the Air Force is prepared for it to lose against the 40-year-old A-10 but use it anyway. (www.defensenews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The Air Force is just going to make Supercruise a requirement for CAS and declare the F-35 the winner.
Congress needs to appoint someone to provide independent assessment for them because you know the Air Force suits will keep a finger on the scale to get the desired outcome.
Congress???
They're just as likely to select LM's chief lobbyist to oversee the independent assessment.
They're just as likely to select LM's chief lobbyist to oversee the independent assessment.
Not in this case...to many warriors (and warriesses) on both House and Senate Committee to cave on this one...they are totally Pro-Grunt and will continue to shred the suits.
As long as we keep their feet to the fire, or make or wishes known on the back of $2,4000 campaign checks.
Its the getting shot at that won't be tested. The A-10 can sustain tremendous battle damage and stay in the fight. Stealth doesn't help much in CAS and all the complicated systems make the F-35 pretty fragile.