{"id":56735,"date":"2014-11-29T07:47:52","date_gmt":"2014-11-29T12:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=56735"},"modified":"2014-11-29T07:47:52","modified_gmt":"2014-11-29T12:47:52","slug":"air-force-cant-walk-chew-gum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=56735","title":{"rendered":"Air Force can’t walk & chew gum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve talked about how the A-10 Thunderbolt is a durable air frame, so durable that even the Air Force can’t shoot it down. Every time that the Air Force tries to rid itself of the close air support aircraft, the world changes and the Warthog proves that it’s irreplaceble on the modern battlefield because it can fly low and slow over the battlefield for a particularly long time while it delivers ordinance to the enemy.<\/p>\n

Chief Tango sends us a link to Military.com<\/a> which gives the Pentagon’s latest vacuous excuse for dumping the aircraft;<\/p>\n

In the Pentagon’s most recent effort to argue for the A-10s retirement, the head of the Joint Strike Fighter program, said the failure to start retiring the A-10 has delayed the F-35 because A-10 maintainers haven’t been able to move to the F-35 program.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I guess that’s because the Air Force can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. The A-10 has been in the inventory since the late 70s, how many other aircraft have been added to the force since then without having to suck mechanics away from the A-10 program? And what’s the Navy’s excuse for failing to complete their portion of the Joint Strike Fighter program? They don’t have A-10s. <\/p>\n

But the good news is that A-10s have arrived in Iraq to do what they do best to ISIS – ultimately that’s what it’s all about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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