Saturday, June 23, 2018

The One Time The Air Force Defended The A-10...

...was against...the P-51...
Actually an updated version of the P-51, the PA-48 Enforcer.
Crazy, man.

2 Comments:

Blogger Pete Mack said...

The more interesting comparison these days in the A10 vs the EMB 314 Supertucano. Yes, the A10 is a better aircraft. But the Supertucano is a lot easier to maintain and pay for generally for non-superpower allies. It has a lot going for it. Giving some to Iraq was a good bit of policy during the Obama administration .

1:22 AM  
Blogger Winston Smith said...

Yeah, agreed. From a layperson's perspective, it seems like an obvious role where prop planes might excel--and, of course, we're looking into that.

I mostly thought this was interesting because the very idea of resurrecting the Mustang in any way that late seemed unbelievable.

You probably know about all these, but:

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/news/a27751/oa-x-light-aircraft/

10:44 AM  

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