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9 years ago @ Defense Tech - China to Fly FC-31 Ste... · 0 replies · +2 points

You are absolutely correct, with one possible exception/caveat: PLA *could* get their first production J-31s in less than eight to ten years after first flight *if* their version has fewer innovative/revolutionary systems than the F-35 does. I'd say that eventuality is not only just probable, but in fact is a certainty.

9 years ago @ DoD Buzz - In Shift, Pentagon Dep... · 0 replies · +4 points

I was wondering where he got off to. Good to know that you say he's a highly-paid consultant at Lockheed.

9 years ago @ DoD Buzz - Congress to Air Force:... · 0 replies · +1 points

"There has never been a low and slow pilot who made the rank of General that I am aware of,chats due to the fighter mafias hold over the entire structure of the USAF."

Is the highest ranking general in the entire Air Force good enough for you?
Nimrod.

9 years ago @ DoD Buzz - Congress to Air Force:... · 0 replies · +1 points

Incorrect. A-10Cs now routinely drop JDAMs and LGBs from above 10Kft. Also, F-15E and F-16 certainly will (along with A-10s and other fighters) go below 10Kft on those few occasions that is required, which typically is only to do a gun pass.

9 years ago @ DoD Buzz - Congress to Air Force:... · 0 replies · +1 points

Hmmm, I think there's probably a few thousand JTACs trained in the last decade or so that by your definition would need to go back to the schoolhouse to get recertified.

9 years ago @ DoD Buzz - Congress to Air Force:... · 0 replies · +1 points

RedState Patriot is RIGHT. ON. TARGET!

9 years ago @ DoD Buzz - Congress to Air Force:... · 0 replies · +1 points

...as will variants of the F-15E, F-16C/D, F-18C/D/E/F, AV-8B, B-52H, B-1B, AC-130U/J, MC-130J, HC-130J, MQ-9, MQ-1, AH-64D, AH-1Z, MLRS, and M109A6 also replace the A-10.

9 years ago @ DoD Buzz - General Blasts A-10 vs... · 0 replies · +2 points

Wow, you must be on Boeing's payroll.

9 years ago @ DoD Buzz - General Blasts A-10 vs... · 0 replies · -1 points

Right. On. Target!
It is utterly amazing how so many total amateurs and even well-meaning vets of how we fought wars decades ago actually think they know more about warfighting than the professionals who have been doing it continuously for the last 15years!!!

9 years ago @ DoD Buzz - F-35 and A-10 to Squar... · 0 replies · +1 points

Agreed, just as is an A-10 doing that same thing, too.

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