Friday at 01:50 PM2 days Concur The War ZoneA-10 Pilot's Compelling Case For Replacing Warthogs With...An A-10 Weapons Instructor lays out how buying F/A-18E/Fs fits the Air Force's imperatives and keeps the A-10's unique braintrust intact.For an AF variant (if the AF wanted mods), stretch fuselage a bit, add UARSSI to the CFTs, delete wing folding, maybe lighter but still STOL capable gear/airframe, adjust pylons to eliminate stores toeing arrangements
Friday at 10:56 PM1 day Not like a freaking 2-3 inch wide pipe directly in front of the HUD is going to cause field of view problems with pipper placement for weapons employment.
Yesterday at 09:17 PM1 day 22 hours ago, TreeA10 said:Not like a freaking 2-3 inch wide pipe directly in front of the HUD is going to cause field of view problems with pipper placement for weapons employment.2 Aft, three high....quiblling.
22 hours ago22 hr 2 hours ago, ClearedHot said:2 Aft, three high....quiblling.I'm not talking about getting on the basket, I'm wondering if you have an obstructed view to put the gun or bomb pipper on the target as you squeeze the trigger or hit the pickle button.
22 hours ago22 hr 7 minutes ago, TreeA10 said:I'm not talking about getting on the basket, I'm wondering if you have an obstructed view to put the gun or bomb pipper on the target as you squeeze the trigger or hit the pickle button.The new $1.2M helmet system gets around that pesky issue. Just a few more years to go for fielding.
19 hours ago19 hr On 4/10/2026 at 4:56 PM, TreeA10 said:Not like a freaking 2-3 inch wide pipe directly in front of the HUD is going to cause field of view problems with pipper placement for weapons employment.Would be cool if it could fold down
19 hours ago19 hr 13 minutes ago, arg said:Would be cool if it could fold downThat would be so typical AF, we have something that works, is field tested. Great now let's over engineer it, spend millions and delay it until the jet is gone.
1 hour ago1 hr Not to say that they thought of everything... but they kinda thought of everything. Helps to have a Hog Driver running the design and implementation.There was "NO" way they were going to block the gunsight.
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