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Re:The Air Force Has Been Trying to Kill the A-10 Warthog fo... by dragontamer on Saturday September 18, 2021 @01:33PM (#28577841)
AC 130U is an Air Force CAS with a 105mm howitzer and Gatling Guns.

The F35A is also supposed to be able to do CAS missions, especially with drones that can deliver fuel to the uncontested battlefield.

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Re:The Air Force Has Been Trying to Kill the A-10 Warthog fo... by masklinn on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:00PM (#28578818)
> AC 130U is an Air Force CAS with a 105mm howitzer and Gatling Guns.

AC130J is losing the gatlings and the armor.

> The F35A is also supposed to be able to do CAS missions

Operative word: supposed.

And nobody will send that expensive an airframe at the ranges and a10 operates at.

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Re:The Air Force Has Been Trying to Kill the A-10 Warthog fo... by dragontamer on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:32PM (#28579048)
> And nobody will send that expensive an airframe at the ranges and a10 operates at.

Then why is there a Gatling gun on the F35A?

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Re:The Air Force Has Been Trying to Kill the A-10 Warthog fo... by wiseleo on Sunday September 19, 2021 @08:27PM (#28589244)
There's a Gatling gun on the F35A. There's a plane on the Gatling gun on the A10. :)
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