Saturday, January 28, 2017

Pentagon Will Be Testing Next Year The A-10 vs. F-35 On Close-Air-Support

Photo: Air Force

Kris Osborn, National Interest: America's Stealth F-35 Fighter vs. the A-10 Warthog: Who Wins in a Fight?

Will the F-35s current and future line up of weapons, coupled with its sensors and ISR technologies enable the aircraft to out-perform the A-10 warthog when it comes to Close Air Support Missions.

Flying close to ground troops in combat in hostile and high-threat conditions requires a host of unique attributes for an aircraft -- such as flying slow and low to the ground, absorbing some degree of small arms fire and having an ability to quickly maneuver in response to fast-changing ground combat conditions.

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More News On The Pentagon Plans To Test The A-10 vs. F-35 On Close-Air-Support

The A-10 vs. F-35 battle to determine the future of close air support may begin next year -- Business Insider
Pentagon plans A-10 vs. F-35 showdown for close-air-support supremacy (Washington Times)
Pentagon Plans Flyoffs Between A-10 and F-35 (Sputnik)
A-10 versus the F-35! Which aircraft will win the shootout? (SOFREP)
Long-Awaited A-10 vs. F-35 Fly-Off May Begin Next Year (Popular Mechanics)

6 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

Two words: No Contest. The Warthog is the best plane for that role.

jimbrown said...

Reassign to the US Army.

jimbrown said...

Reassign to the US Army.

Jay Farquharson said...

The F-35 will "win".

The USAF has already telegraphed through the use of the term "non-permissive" airspace that the "contest" will be rigged in the F-35's favour.

Tellingly, the test takes place in 2018, when the A-10's "legislative save", expires.

RussInSoCal said...

Nope, Jay. Trump has already made noise about the F-35 high costs. With the previous Obama admin, there's be no question of the ax coming down on the A-10. With Mattis as SECDEF, it ain't gonna happen. Expect more A-10 air frames to receive SLEP mods in the years to come.

And yes, designate them for an army fixed-wing aviation branch. Or even better, assign them to the Marines.

Jay Farquharson said...

LMAO,

Trump holds $1.8 million in LockMart stock, fully mortgaged for for the DC Hotel.

LMAO