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Re:What It Feels Like to Fly an A-10 Warthog by exabrial on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @12:07PM (#25930679)
It has a glass cockpit, Link 16, sniper pod integration, and SDB integration is coming soon. That's more advanced that most countries air forces.

The only thing really obsolete unfortunately is the engines.

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Re:What It Feels Like to Fly an A-10 Warthog by greedo on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @12:51PM (#25931351)
The engines are perfect for its mission. High efficiency which translates into long loiter times.
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Re:What It Feels Like to Fly an A-10 Warthog by exabrial on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:03PM (#25933187)
Agree. Spare parts are the issue.

Without googling I believe there is another aircraft in the Navy that uses the same engine but it's been retired? If I recall correctly as well it's used in some business jets.

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Re:What It Feels Like to Fly an A-10 Warthog by ckozlowski on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:19PM (#25933378)
S-3 Viking I believe.
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