More A-10 Warthogs are being deployed to Bagram Air Field (BAF) located just north of Kabul, Afghanistan.This is part of a six-month deployment of the 122nd Fighter Wing of the Indiana Air National Guard. The A-10 is revered by ground troops because of its ability to withstand ground fire (it has titanium armor), fly low (enabling it to identity ground targets), loiter in an area for longer periods of time, and carry a heavier bomb load. There are 283 A-10s in the Air Force and the fighter jocks are trying their best to retire the extremely effective aircraft because . . . well, because it is not sexy and does close air support. Instead, the Air Force wants to field the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to do what the A-10 does very well. Read more in "U.S. Sending A-10 Plane to Combat While Trying to Kill It", Bloomberg News, October 2, 2014.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
A-10s Returning to Afghanistan
More A-10 Warthogs are being deployed to Bagram Air Field (BAF) located just north of Kabul, Afghanistan.This is part of a six-month deployment of the 122nd Fighter Wing of the Indiana Air National Guard. The A-10 is revered by ground troops because of its ability to withstand ground fire (it has titanium armor), fly low (enabling it to identity ground targets), loiter in an area for longer periods of time, and carry a heavier bomb load. There are 283 A-10s in the Air Force and the fighter jocks are trying their best to retire the extremely effective aircraft because . . . well, because it is not sexy and does close air support. Instead, the Air Force wants to field the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to do what the A-10 does very well. Read more in "U.S. Sending A-10 Plane to Combat While Trying to Kill It", Bloomberg News, October 2, 2014.
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