re: #88 Dark_Falcon

And some good news out of Arizona as the Republican who now holds Ms. Giffords seat in Congress has proven a valuable voice in smacking down the Air Force’s dumb attempt to get rid of the A-10:

The Air Force, for its part, has trotted out the previously proven-as-a-failure idea of putting the A-10’s cannon onto the F-16 as a gun pod. Which is of course to say the USAF is still stuck on ‘Stupid’ when it comes to Close Air Support.

Man, I loathe glory hounds. Because that is the Air Forces entire reason for trying to kill the A10. It doesn’t engage in glorious dog fighting in the clean air. Instead it’s meant to help those jerks in the Army.

No self respecting pilot, the Air Force thinks, would or should want to do such a thing. /rolls eyes

Personally, I think CAS requires all the skills of a fighter jock and more. There’s a lot less room for error and usually a lot more people shooting at you.