Ok Adler Historically you probably writh!
So my choice goes to the A-10!
I saw what they can do in NATO exercises!
I wouldn´t be the one inside an APC with that bird in the sky!
About the A-7, we had them, but they were nothing more than flying scrap metal!!!
I have seen first hand what an A-10 can do to enemy positions when I was in Iraq. I would not want to be on the recieving end of it. The only thing more impressive that I have seen was the AC-130 raining hell down on the enemy.
I have seen first hand what an A-10 can do to enemy positions when I was in Iraq. I would not want to be on the recieving end of it. The only thing more impressive that I have seen was the AC-130 raining hell down on the enemy.
my vote goes to the Warthog as well - efficient and combat proven. Although I doubt the A-10 would achieve in the classical european Fulda Gap scenario the same success rate as in the Desert Storm. In fact, the attack airplanes in their roles would barely survive first 2-3 days of fighting.
Yep, lesofprimus (dang why didn't you pick a name easier to remember and spell? If there's some kind of inside joke with it enlighten me!)
Yep, the Warthog has Tons and Tons of stability, but for ground attack you also need a plane than can roll and run like hell after you drop your load...AND you need a plane cheap enough to buy in so many numbers that the bad guys on the ground have to divide their attention to 25 targets instead of two or four!
Vent for the Frogfoot; not worse then Warthog, and able to take off land to a carrier (okay, not all of them ). Plus, it was (and still is) able to designate targets by it self by laser.
A-6E TRAM and HARM and AGM-84 was the pinnacle of attack aircraft. The F-18E/F Super Hornet will finally take over that mission. All weather find the target and hit it. While the fighter pukes are at the club drinking.