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.
The whole reason why there isn’t a modern equivalent to the A-10 is because the Air Force knew that said plane wouldn’t be able to survive in a conflict where the enemy had any surface-to-air attack capability.
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
The whole reason why there isn’t a modern equivalent to the A-10 is because the Air Force knew that said plane wouldn’t be able to survive in a conflict where the enemy had any surface-to-air attack capability.