Daryl Hunt
Your Worst Nightmare
- Banned
- #1
High Air Frame Time (you can't replace the Air Frame without building a brand new Aircraft
The Assembly line was not only dismantled but scrapped. Even if you could put together the same folks (these folks would be in their late 50s and 60s) without the jigs and such you can't build a single A-10 without some serious bucks.
Yes, they are scheduled to be rewinged but rewinging doesn't replace or upgrade the Air Frame.
The A-10 has been rode hard and put away wet unlike any other bird in the inventory today. And there are cheaper ways to do the same job that are being considered right now. The Brrrrt that keeps coming up, the 30 mm on the A-10 is doing the job that either a 20mm vulcan or a 50 cal chain gun can do as well.
You can't change facts replacing them with good thoughts alone.
The Assembly line was not only dismantled but scrapped. Even if you could put together the same folks (these folks would be in their late 50s and 60s) without the jigs and such you can't build a single A-10 without some serious bucks.
Yes, they are scheduled to be rewinged but rewinging doesn't replace or upgrade the Air Frame.
The A-10 has been rode hard and put away wet unlike any other bird in the inventory today. And there are cheaper ways to do the same job that are being considered right now. The Brrrrt that keeps coming up, the 30 mm on the A-10 is doing the job that either a 20mm vulcan or a 50 cal chain gun can do as well.
You can't change facts replacing them with good thoughts alone.