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Re:The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unrepo... by jdietrich on Thursday June 13, 2019 @07:31AM (#20173710)
By the same token, the A-10 can operate from unimproved runways. You don't need a carrier, you just need a few thousand feet of dirt. Wherever the troops go, an A-10 squadron can follow close behind. That capability has a huge impact in the response time of a CAS squadron, the number of sorties they can fly per day and their dwell time over the target.
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Re:The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unrepo... by greedo on Thursday June 13, 2019 @09:57AM (#20174873)
Operating from rough airstrips looks great when touted by the AF, but it usually ignores the problems associated with it. First you need to provide physical security for the strip, facilities for aircrew and maintainers, and finally the two most important things, fuel and weapons.
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Re:The Pentagon is battling the clock to fix serious, unrepo... by LMYahooTFY on Thursday June 13, 2019 @08:37AM (#20174147)
It's not that "you don't need a carrier", it's often that you "get to use a carrier". Carrier battle groups are much safer than dirt landing strips on foward operating bases.

There is also a VTOL variant of the F-35.

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