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Mad Scientist at Large
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 14,793
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We all know that this is the ugly, yet beautifully functional, machine that the Rattler is based on. Well, I just saw this 1-seat, 30+ year-old armor-killer featured on Futureweapons, and it seems that not only is it still in use after all these years, but with the new digital upgrades, it will remain in active service for another 20 years(!), which will make its service record one of the longest in the history of military aircraft.
It always looked a bit primative compared to the Skystriker (based on the F-14), but did Cobra get the better end of the deal after all? |
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Banned
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: second amendment hell
Posts: 3,059
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yes...the warthog/thunderbolt saved my life in afghanistan twice
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G.I.Joe medic
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Litchfield, ME
Posts: 3,171
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Considering the Hog is still in service and the Tomcat isn't, yeah, I'd say Cobra actually came out on top.
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Cobra Soldier
Join Date: May 2008
Location: MA
Posts: 71
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Kick ass...
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Fontana
Posts: 1,802
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There is nothing ugly about those things! They are freakin angels for infantry! Ive had many a friend tell me they nearly cried when those things came down and saved their asses.
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Epically lazy bastard!
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: My Recliner
Posts: 24,042
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I LOVE the thunderbolt cause it looks kinda old school but newschool at the same time. plus those things are frackin insanely hardcore. i love em. saved the life a buddy of mine overseas so i love em even more.
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Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: San Diego
Posts: 856
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The Hog saved my butt in Iraq and Afgan.
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Epically lazy bastard!
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: My Recliner
Posts: 24,042
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see those planes are just BAD ASS :> and obviously the pilots too but damn i love them planes :> well unless the pilot is like a good lookin female then i love the pilot AND the plane :>
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Cult of the No-Ring
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Stuck filling out useless information on the details page
Posts: 778
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An A-10 would get it's head handed to it, in a dogfight. They're strictly ground attack planes. They're keeping the A-10s in service, because they need that low tech solution. It also can't be beat for SAR work. No other aircraft in the current inventory can loiter in an area for as long as the A-10 can.
As for the Tomcat no longer being in service.... Well, the Navy wanted to keep buying Supercats, and conversion kits to upgrade their existing fleet of F-14 to the Supercat. Unlike the F-18 Super Hornet, the Supercat actually lived up to hte promises made for it, and Grumman was so eager to keep the Supercat factory in production, that they were selling them at a loss. The plane was killed for political reasons, outside of the military. To say anymore on it, would either get the thread locked, or lead it in a direction that would get it locked. But yeah, the A-10 is a sweet plane. I never thought it was ugly. It's appearence is brutally utilitarian, and I love that look in military vehicles. Gotta love a plane that carries a gun that can chew up tanks, and can survive a SAM going through its wing root. |
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Crimson Guard
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: vacaville calfifornia
Posts: 1,773
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tea,but since cobra has that the joes need a f35(b model) joint strike fighter
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