Lawmakers Back $400 Million for Possible A-10 Successor

[rangerrebew]

Lawmakers Back $400 Million for Possible A-10 Successor


Posted By: Oriana Pawlyk November 8, 2017

Key lawmakers agreed to provide the Air Force with $400 million to explore buying a new light attack aircraft for missions in the Middle East.

The $400 million figure is proposed in the negotiated fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act, congressional staffers said Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The House could vote on the legislation as early as next week, with action in the Senate sometime afterward.

https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/11/08/lawmakers-back-400-million-for-possible-a-10-successor/

[guitar4jesus]

 :huh?:

[rangerrebew]

:huh?:

My thought exactly.  Maybe they think a prop plane will be too slow for missiles.

[jpsb]

The A-10 is not a light attack aircraft. It is a heavy aircraft.

A-10
Max. takeoff weight: 50,000 lb (23,000 kg)


Embarcer (light attack configuation)
Max. takeoff weight: 5,400 kg (11,905 lb)

[SZonian]

$400M is a lot of cash...could go a long way in updating and refurbishing A-10s currently in the inventory vs. this boondoggle.

[GtHawk]

$400M is a lot of cash...could go a long way in updating and refurbishing A-10s currently in the inventory vs. this boondoggle.

It could be a great start at retooling the production line for brand new A-10's, to my mind they are in a class with the B-52, a craft that is so well designed for its purpose as to be near perfect.