Reply With QuoteOriginally Posted by raptor10
More an angles issue than an altitude issue.
Well.....yeah. Isn't that sorta the point?
More an angles issue than an altitude issue.
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Do our Marines have to high power the jet every time we load it with the GAU? If so, that is crazy. These are the things I wish I learned in the RAG
Yes. They have to muff wrap th GSOV to make sure it won't leak. It's a pretty quick run, but they sometimes combine it with a 60 hour vibe run to get more bang for the buck.Do our Marines have to high power the jet every time we load it with the GAU? If so, that is crazy. These are the things I wish I learned in the RAG
You don't have to do the run when putting the strakes back on.
You're among Spartans now. So, stand up and try not to say anything gay.
Ok now I'm really going to jump off the cliff, why not bring back an old beast like the A-1 Skyraider? Could you imagine being on the receiving end of something like that dump truck of death? Now I know that the SPAD is long gone, but why not a shit hot turboprop that can haul a lot of stuff and have some serious loiter time? This looks cool...
EMB-314 Super Tucano
I think a Marine could plop this on an Amphib.
My flak and kevlar are on and I'm waiting on the mortars.
"I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all." ~Gen Mattis, Iraq 2003
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And this button-down, Oxford-cloth psycho might just snap, and then stalk from office to office with an Armalite AR-10 carbine gas-powered semi-automatic weapon, pumping round after round into colleagues and co-workers. This might be someone you've known for years. Someone very, very close to you.
And I used to be such a nice guy.
There are ideas floating around of essentially taking a turboprop trainer like the Super Tucano (or T-6!) and arming it to make a modern SPAD as a versatile CAS and recon aircraft for partner nations like Iraq. The appeal is that it would be cheap and relatively easy to fly - neither of which are considerations for the US.
The problem is that it's a niche COIN/stability operations aircraft, and really doesn't have the survivability against SAM's that jets do, and I don't think the US will be purchasing any aircraft in any significant numbers without a role in high-intensity warfare.
I wouldn't be suprised to see 6th SOS at Hurlburt fly something like that (they fly old stuff like Hueys in order to train partner nations who won't be flying the latest and greatest), but as a main platform for the USMC, it's too limiting.
Anyone see those two sections of A-10s come into Cherry Point today around 1300 to get some fuel? Pretty freakin' bad-ass. However, without any type of radar on board, I would rather stick with what we've got.
The Super Tucano is used as a COIN aircraft. Blackwater operates a few of them from what I have heard or is in the process of getting them operational.
I think there's a T-6 in the works for COIN also. I wish I could find where I read that. Anyone have info on that?
Доверяй, но проверяй
See Vette's post above - Nice find Chuck!
"I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all." ~Gen Mattis, Iraq 2003
Radar on the Harrier is a fairly new thing and prior to LITENING the non radar variant was much prefered by supported ground units due to having an LST. Radar doesnt really bring that much to the CAS fight.
That would be my first choice. Turbo-props lows to the ground...
Do you have something against jets low to the ground?
No, it does not. But a radar, along with my RWR gear, will certainly tell me when I need to turn my ass around and run.
Before your fuel guage does?
It sounds like you've had some bad experiences as a FAC/ AirO with Harriers and our TOS! What can I say, we don't carry 10,000 lbs of ordnance and 30,000 pounds of fuel!
Only one SuperTucano has been bought by a Blackwater subsidiary, probably for evaluation purposes. Super Tucanos were also by the Colombian Air Force in the attack to kill the FARC leader Raul Reyes in Ecuador in March.
http://www.economist.com/world/ameri...ry_id=10808604
Greek T-6's have hardpoints for weapons on the wings for training, and Raytheon has proposed an AT-6 version.
https://www.hawkerbeechcraft.com/military/at-6_ab/
Specification in PDF: https://www.hawkerbeechcraft.com/mil...ithoUpdate.pdf
My old man flew the A-10 then the F-16. When you ask him about what he liked better he said he liked both. The only thing he said he would really miss about the F-16 if he went back to the A-10 is the radar simply because he says that it is really nice to know who/what else is out there.
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