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ATG JAVELIN
Another victim of the business aircraft downturn, Colorado-based Aviation Technology Group abandoned its Javelin personal jet in 2008 when it went bankrupt. The design is not particularly vulgar, but the fact that it was a business jet disguised as a fighter made it particularly unusual.
http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... er-403659/
The U.S. Air Force Is Trying to Trick Us Into Getting Rid of the A-10
No, retiring the tried-and-true attack jet is not the key to acquiring new stealth fighters
Literally for decades-since well before the 1991 Iraq war-the U.S. Air Force has been trying to get rid of the A-10 Warthog close air support aircraft. The A-10's spectacular performance in four wars in Iraq-twice-plus Kosovo and Afghanistan has frustrated these efforts.
In those conflicts, the A-10 outperformed all other U.S. aircraft in killing tanks and other vehicles and supporting infantry engaged in combat-at both very short-"danger close"-and longer ranges...
Official Air Force cost data show the A-10 to be the cheapest combat aircraft in its inventory to operate, notwithstanding an expensive program to give the A-10 new wings and electronics to remain viable until 2030.
The A-10’s spectacular performance in four wars in Iraq—twice—plus Kosovo and Afghanistan has frustrated these efforts.
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In those conflicts, the A-10 outperformed all other U.S. aircraft in killing tanks and other vehicles and supporting infantry engaged in combat-at both very short—“danger close”—and longer ranges.
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The A-10 has also excelled in combat search-and-rescue for downed pilots and in battlefield interdiction against conventional forces with modern air defenses, as well as the destruction of those enemy air defenses and shooting down enemy helicopters.
¿Cuántas misiones AA hemos tenido desde 1990?
Cada vez me parece más evidente que la AA nunca superará el estado de excepción:
En los USA nadie duda de las bondades CAS del Warthog. Es una lucha politica
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