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Originally Posted by Raellus
@stg58fal: Did I miss something or doesn't the USMC still have its own fixed wing air?
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The Corps still has its own fixed wing air. I should have worded that better.
If the USAF doesn't want to fly slow and blow up shit on the ground, give those A-10's to the army and Marine Corps. As good as the Harrier and Hornet are, I'm sure there are plenty of Marine pilots that would kick their mother in the ass for a chance to fly the A-10, especially in combat. And the army probably drools over the thought of having fixed wing CAS.
As for the A-10 only being a tank killer, the munitions racks can hold things other than Hellfire missiles. Load the plane up with FAE, iron dumb bombs, cluster bombs, or hell, put another Gatling gun on the outer pylon on each wing, and an ammo drum on the inner, and let them strafe.