FltEngr said:I've seen 3 of those Air Tractor landing in Fredericton 2 weeks ago....
NFLD Sapper said:IIRC there is a flight school located adjacent to the Fredrericton Airport that use these airframes.
SupersonicMax said:I think something important to consider is:
Right now, sure, we're all into COIN, however, 10-20 years from now, are we really still going to do this, or are we going back to a more conventional type or combat? Buying aircraft now that we will not use in 20 years is a waste in my opinion.
SupersonicMax said:Buying aircraft now that we will not use in 20 years is a waste in my opinion.
YZT580 said:The guys on the ground need support and mach 1.4 doesn't help them much
Posted by: YZT580
Ground attack aircraft are the ugly ducklings of the air force. They are slow, not very pretty and only used to attack the ground which is not what high speed jet jocks want to do. But ask the boots on the ground in WW2 or Korea or Viet Nam what the greatest sound in the world was when they had their faces buried in the mud and they will universally say it was the sound of a piston driven douglas or Mitchel lumbering overhead. After each of the aforementioned wars the first aircraft the air force got rid of was those same propeller fleets.
Colin P said:The problem with the "do all fighter-bomber" is that the growing cost of each airframe will mean less aircraft being bought and a increasing reluctance of the senior staff to risk those airframe in strafing attacks. Once the A10's go and the current generation of fighters are replaced by F-22/F-35 or similar, I think you can wave goodbye to low level attacks. i have no doubt they will do fine at higher elevation attacks. The question will be can the increase in technology combined with stand off attacks replace the effectiveness of low level strafing?
Colin P said:The question will be can the increase in technology combined with stand off attacks replace the effectiveness of low level strafing?
Do we need an F-35 to come down low if the troops on the ground are already supported by AHs of various forms ?
rampage800 said:SA-6, 15, 20....to name a few.
CDN Aviator said:But why does it have to replace it ?
Do we need an F-35 to come down low if the troops on the ground are already supported by AHs of various forms ?
rampage800 said:SA-6, 15, 20....to name a few.
CDN Aviator said:i'm not sure of what you are saying here.......