Air Force tests two turboprops as potential A-10 “replacements”

Re:Air Force tests two turboprops as potential A-10 “replace... by FussyZeus on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @09:23AM (#17346320)

I mean, I'm sure we could design a fighter that would do the A-10's job better than the A-10. However what the USAF went out to do was design a plane that could replace the A-10, the F-18, etc. etc. all the way through and it's been a disaster from the start.

IMHO, it's like an All-in-One printer. You can have a machine that sucks at a bunch of things, or does one or two things really, really well. Not both.

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Re:Air Force tests two turboprops as potential A-10 “replace... by saluki on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @04:26PM (#17350034)

Double True. They went off in the wrong direction. We need to get back to creating the next generation of fighters that carry on the greatness of the F-14 and F-15. And just forget this all-in-one mistake ever happened.

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