>And yet, A-10s are currently deployed to Middle East fighting ISIS and Europe to saber rattle Putin. Not very obsolete.
Which pretty much any other aircraft in the arsenal can do. And obsolete doesn't mean "useless". It just means there are better options.
>There are a myriad of incorrct assumptions in your argument, but I'll focus on one. Pilots flying multi-role aircraft have to train for those multiple roles. They have to remain proficient in multiple mission and skill sets, many of which do not overlap. Do you think multi-role F-16, F-15E, and B-1 pilots/WSOs get extra training resources (flying hours and sorties) over A-10 pilots, who only train for really one mission -- CAS? Newsflash…they don't.
You have a myriad of incorrect assumptions in your argument here, but I think the fastest way to blow hole in it is to point out the A-10 only accounted for 20% of CAS missions in Afghanistan. Pilots of those other airframes are certainly training for CAS - they're doing 80% of the missions.
>It appears you think CAS is nothing more than finding targets in a targeting pod. It is not.
Your whole argument boils down to "I know something you don't". Maybe you should expound, as the only supporting point you provided is simply wrong.
Which pretty much any other aircraft in the arsenal can do. And obsolete doesn't mean "useless". It just means there are better options.
>There are a myriad of incorrct assumptions in your argument, but I'll focus on one. Pilots flying multi-role aircraft have to train for those multiple roles. They have to remain proficient in multiple mission and skill sets, many of which do not overlap. Do you think multi-role F-16, F-15E, and B-1 pilots/WSOs get extra training resources (flying hours and sorties) over A-10 pilots, who only train for really one mission -- CAS? Newsflash…they don't.
You have a myriad of incorrect assumptions in your argument here, but I think the fastest way to blow hole in it is to point out the A-10 only accounted for 20% of CAS missions in Afghanistan. Pilots of those other airframes are certainly training for CAS - they're doing 80% of the missions.
>It appears you think CAS is nothing more than finding targets in a targeting pod. It is not.
Your whole argument boils down to "I know something you don't". Maybe you should expound, as the only supporting point you provided is simply wrong.