Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds

Except that there were no US troops or allied forces fighting on the ground that needed close air support. And while the F-35 can provide CAS, that job is usually left to A-10 Thunderbolt II.
The A-10 will eventually go away. The Air Force hasn't given up on that.

As Marine F/A-18s are replaced by the F-35, CAS for the BLTs and other ground units will come eventually from the F-35.

In the meantime, the A-10 is simply awesome when you need something to look like Swiss Cheese.
 
I think they got careless; we saw videos earlier of f-18s flying in low altitude because they thought irans air defence was depleted
Which means something like "Flight of the Intruder"; some farmer with an SKS got a lucky hit.
 
The A-10 will eventually go away. The Air Force hasn't given up on that.

As Marine F/A-18s are replaced by the F-35, CAS for the BLTs and other ground units will come eventually from the F-35.

In the meantime, the A-10 is simply awesome when you need something to look like Swiss Cheese.

It is interesting how the USAF keeps trying to retire the A-10, but it always seems to find useful roles like anti-drones and naval(anti-speedboats) as of now ... the old Hog just won't go down without a fight.
 
This changes everything.
If just one of those are shoot down all the war is over. That would mean Irán can track and shoot down 5 gen aircraft and therefore russians and Chinese also.


True imagine Iran parades the downed pilot on national TV

Even better if it’s Israeli
 

The cost of replacing the first four days' worth of munitions would be $20bn-26bn. The problem, however, is more to do with scarcity than cost. America is thought to have used more than 300 Tomahawk cruise missiles in the opening days of the war, but the Pentagon had planned to buy just 57 new ones in the current fiscal year. There have been no deliveries of THAAD interceptors since 2023 and the Pentagon has not placed any new orders this year. A puny 39 interceptors are slated for delivery in 2027—six years after they were ordered."
 

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