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

AZ_HighCountry said:
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.
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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.
 
Flotilla said:
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.
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True imagine Iran parades the downed pilot on national TV

Even better if it’s Israeli
 
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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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Possibly USAF F-35A has been hit. Remarkable. The aircraft managed to land back.
 
Ali_Baba said:
It is interesting how the USAF keeps trying to retire the A-10, but it always seems to find useful roles like drones as of now ... the old Hog just won't go down without a fight.
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Congress isn't about to let it happen either. Rather than see the deactivation of a platform from 1972, they see the mothballing as a loss of jobs which is something they don't want to lose in their respective congressional districts.

Never mind the USAF / USAFR / and Air National Guard would likely replace those aircraft with something else. It reminds me when the NV ANG was phasing out the F-4. That unit transitioned to C-130s IIRC.
 
AZ_HighCountry said:
Sorry that your bigotry has overtaken you.
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We'll all wait for your "CENTCOM" to provide clarity. And once it has been confirmed, you can can than go on give your defence 'bout it not being a big deal.

After all, you guys are WINNING ... right (?)
 
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Possibly USAF F-35A has been hit too. Remarkable. The aircraft managed to land back.
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Would have been nice if the video footage ran longer than just the "explosion". That in and of itself should make a reasonable person suspicious.
 
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Possibly USAF F-35A has been hit too. Remarkable. The aircraft managed to land back.
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Question on everyones mind is: Did it truly made it back after a hit like that?

Video cut off right after the impact - meaning there might be a longer version out there.
 
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