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Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet by justsomehnguy on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @02:06PM (#37573795)
> Except the F35 would switch to Wild Weasel mode and start shooting down your sensors

Ie not performing CAS. As stated near the start of the thread, nor AC-130 nor F-35 would perform CAS against anything more dangerous than a flipflop army with a complete lack of AA capabilities.

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Re:US Military Asks for Help Locating Missing F-35 Fighter Jet by dragontamer on Tuesday September 19, 2023 @02:16PM (#37573944)
AC-130 cannot perform Wild Weasel missions.

F35 can perform both Wild Weasel and CAS missions. F35 is also cheaper than the AC-130 and responds faster due to much higher speeds (proper supersonic Jet vs Turbine).

Even in a CAS scenario, some scenarios will prefer an F35 over the AC-130 is the enemy is lightly armed and response time is a priority (traveling at 1200mph or faster vs 299mph means the F35 responds 4x faster)

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