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Will take over? Don't you mean "DID?"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.
I'm glad to see the love for the A-1 Skyraider, it was a classic. A-10 is my favorite plane of all time though.
What historical significance is that??? That it was produced in such numbers, cause thats all thats significant about it...
Wasn't it supposed to be very hard to shoot down?
where does the heavy lifter F-105 fit in this profile?
Gotta give tremendous love to the A-10 pilots too, they really believe in their planes, they'll take on anything head on.The Warthog is one of my favorites too Clay! It's just a tough, mean looking plane. You can take one look at it at know what it was designed for!
As I recall, during the Vietnam War the Thud was used more like a strategic bomber than a ground attack plane (as well as SAM supression in the Wild Weasel role). As a matter of fact, despite the fighter designation, it was designed mainly as a high-speed nuclear bomber, complete with small internal bomb-bay.
Venganza
Interestingly I don't believe it ever carrried a bomb in the internal bay... everything hung on MER/TER and later the Weasels used the bay for ecm/target acqisition stuff...
It is kind of amusing that the 355th FG started out with the P-47 Thunderbolt, moved to 51, then 86, then 105 then to A-7 and now back to the Thunderbolt (2).
I think you're right about the internal bay - I believe the bomber versions, as opposed to the Weasels, used the bay for a fuel tank and carried all the bombs on MER's. That's interesting about the 355th FG.
Venganza
Yeah i don't think that you could vote on the Il-2 over aircraft like the A-4, A-1 and especially the A-10