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vbeserk · 4 years

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I recently participated in a discussion about the A-10 and it's retirement from service and a few points caught my eye and really made me think about it, so i decided to make a post to share with all of you and know what you guys think about the subject.

So, what was my opinion BEFORE the whole thing. I had the solid opinion that the A-10 should remain in service for as long as possible, benefiting from upgrades like new engines and electronics. To me, it was a crucial piece for CAS and ground attack role.

Then the discussion happened and some really good info popped up, even though i think some of the things that people said were a little bit off but they were all true or close to it.

I'll break this down into two points, to be more organized:

1 - The A-10 was conceived during the Cold War, between the 60's, to fight a large-scale invasion from the Soviet Union. It was good then but now it is not so useful.

This one is what really makes me think about the subject. With it's first flight happening in 1972, the A-10's development happened during the 1960, that was roughly fifty years ago, a different era, a different time and different technologies. The primary role of the A-10 is to take out tanks with it's 30mm GAU-8A Avenger cannon and as secondary to mop up some other ground targets with missiles, rockets and bombs.

The thing is, it was intended to fight T-55s, T-60s, T-72s, T-80s and i even reach out to say that it can go after T-90s. If we look at it, apart from the T-90, all other ones are now considered old and obsolete tanks, mostly used by nations with low defense budget or with troubles to have an up-to-date MBT (Main Battle Tank). One of the comments said that in a modern, full-scale war scenario, the A-10 would face modern MBTs to destroy such as the T-14 Armata but the thing is that these units can hold their own against the 30mm shots, unlike it's older, Cold War counterparts and this would nullify the Hog as a viable primary attack option, all of this without including the fielding of modern SAM units like the S-400 and radars that can detected stealth and is fully able to track a big, slow moving, straight wing, attacker.

2 - Modern multirole planes can take over the CAS and ground attack roles.

This one is quite controversial but flexibility has been the key element with operational combat aircraft, the F-16 is a lightweight fighter but is capable of ground attack and CAS with the latest iterations being classified as multirole rather than fighter, this also happened with the F-15 with the E variant being a multirole but the A-10 remained a single role, attacker, not having the wide flexibility of other planes. Some comments compared the Warthog with the B-52 and it's long service life but with a more analytical view on the operational service and development of the Stratofortress, it started as a nuclear bomber, switched to conventional, high altitude bombing role and today is a weapons platform, capable of using a huge array of missiles and bombs, it adapted to the newer techs and advanced along with the time and despite it's age, it is one of USAF's most important combat assets, the Hog on the other hand, has made little changes in it's roles due to it's not so great flexibility.

One of the comments also brought up that during the last wars, the A-10 only participated in 10% of the CAS and ground attack operations because other multirole aircraft have been taking part in these sorties due to the greater flight speed of such aircraft. I don't know how much of this is true but i believe that it is not far from the actual numbers. And now with stealth planes coming into action, this should push the A-10 out of these missions even more.

These were some of the points that popped up and made me think about if the A-10 should really remain in service.

My opinion now has slightly changed, i still want the A-10 to remain in service with upgrades and service life extensions but all of this has limited effect due to the original conception of the aircraft and that can't be changed without significant cost, the A-10 was built to be a ground attack, tank killer and only this.

I think that if other multirole planes like the F-15E, F-35 and F-16 can take up CAS and ground attack roles with success then it is not worth to spend millions into an equipment that won't be used as much and also including the safety of the pilots since the Eagle, F-35 and the Viper have the necessary A2A abilities to defend itself from hostile combat aircraft.

What do you guys think about this? It seems that it is a subject with tons of information to be discussed and many points of view.

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mx-yip-yip-hooary · 4 years

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guangongtravel · 6 years

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飛機迫降原來因為鄰座體味？ 4單因太臭令飛機迫降事件

夏日炎炎，係咁出汗，臭就一定架啦，不過係睇下臭到咩程度，人地又聞唔聞到。最近荷蘭泛航一班由荷蘭飛往西班牙嘅客機，突然在飛行途中緊急降落，原因係「醫療原因」。原來係有名男乘客傳出嚴重體臭，令機上眾人又嘔又暈。機組人員嘗試帶佢他去廁所隔離，但依然無法子解決臭味問題，更搞到空服人員餐都派唔到，完全處理唔到投曬降，最終讓客機急降後由救護車接走該男乘客。而班飛機就比原定遲左三小時先到達目的地。

航空界一向都有唔少離奇事件，好似以下呢3單因太臭而令飛機迫住降落，大家又有無印象呢？

1.放太多屁的老伯伯

泛航航空 (Transavia) 一班從杜拜飛往阿姆斯特丹的航機，被迫中途降落，原來係因為有個老人家係飛機上不停放屁。結果2名荷蘭男子向機組人員投訴，結果就嘈交，無人勸得掂，搞到要中途降落，然後就報警處理。最後有份嘈交個乘客都被列入航空公司黑名單。

2.乘客大便太臭

英國航空一班由英國倫敦飛杜拜嘅航班，原本就預計飛7小時就可以到達目的地。點知飛機起飛半小時之後，有個乘客肚痾，於是洗手間就開始傳來陣陣濃烈嘅大便臭味！機組人員認為無能為力，於是機長就宣布基於「健康」、「安全考量」，決定折返倫敦。乘客要等足足15小時先有另一班機去杜拜。

3. 爆馬桶，機長都頂唔順

印度廉航Spice Jet一班客機起飛左唔到1個鐘，個洗手間就發生故障，係咪有人用到壞左就唔知，不過個馬桶壞到d污糟水流曬出黎，而臭味蔓延到駕駛艙，機師都頂唔順，決定迫降，維修好先再飛。

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lectio-divina · 4 years

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