☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoU.S. Air Force loses Warthog attack jet near Hormuzdefence-blog.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down10cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmygrad.ml
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minus-squaremlg@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoI think its kind of dumb because the P-47 Thunderbolt was a high altitude interceptor/fighter that also happened to be good at ground pounding. The A-10 is exclusively a ground pounder that becomes a sitting duck if it ever gets caught with its pants down. Dunno why they copted a fighter name.
minus-squareThe_v@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoA-10 is live target practice for Iran’s domestically produced manpads. It should not be anywhere near this conflict. That they are using it at all shows massive incompetence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misagh-2
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I think its kind of dumb because the P-47 Thunderbolt was a high altitude interceptor/fighter that also happened to be good at ground pounding.
The A-10 is exclusively a ground pounder that becomes a sitting duck if it ever gets caught with its pants down.
Dunno why they copted a fighter name.
A-10 is live target practice for Iran’s domestically produced manpads. It should not be anywhere near this conflict. That they are using it at all shows massive incompetence.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misagh-2