Quote Originally Posted by pinzgauer View Post
Little known in fact the A10 has taken out an Abrams, one of the few Abrams that was destroyed.

Since it's a kinetic energy weapon a lot of the modern armor countermeasures don't neutralize it very well. (Unlike heat, which can be very effectively neutralized by several different methods)

The A10 is also one of the last remaining tactical (attack/cas/fighter) aircraft which is not fly by wire and in fact has redundant cable capability in case of failure of the already redundant hydraulics circuits.

China/Russia armor and conventional type threat is the new pivot and is influencing our tactics and training. It's not accidental that the A10 continues to get funding. Yes f-16s and newer can do amazing things, dog fight better, and have better standoff cas capability.

But my understanding is the A10 can still fight/fly even in a heavy emp/jamming environment. Which has yet to be proven with the wonder planes. Russia especially has invested heavily an electronic warfare.

I personally am glad it's still available as an arrow in the quiver, albeit a unique one.
FF incident?