well its more likely that we get an armed Harvard 2 than an A-10,AH-64 if there really is a need I think that this is the fastest cost effective alternative. No waiting or hoping to jump the production line no depending on somebody else to watch our butts. Limited pilot training as they would...
ok, I know that we don't own them and I'm not suggesting that we remove training aircraft from the flight line. Any ground attack varients would have to be new builds. as for tech support we can contract that out while we train our own.
thanks for the info, as I said I don't even imagiane that anthing could just be tossed into the mix. I'm thinking about what could be used in 5-10 years time. we're stuck with what we have ,we have harvard 2's moving to a armed version may not be such a strech as all CF piolts learn to fly...
:cdnsalute: :cdnsalute:Two thoughts 1 south Korea is building the a-50 as a replacement for their f-5's. It has a F404-400 an m61 cannon limited air to air and is a 2 seat / LIFT. the whole thing is is 80% of the size of an f-16 and costs about 22million per aircraft. I have more stats but I...
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