Alaskaball [comrade/them]A to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agoUkraine Officials begs for modernized F-16s, gets offered Old American A-10sexternal-linkmessage-square42 fedilinkarrow-up149file-text
arrow-up149external-linkUkraine Officials begs for modernized F-16s, gets offered Old American A-10sAlaskaball [comrade/them]A to the_dunk_tank • 2 years agomessage-square42 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
He compared the A-10 in combat to the Su-25, a Soviet-era jet in current use by the country's air force.
minus-squareultraviolet [she/her]hexbear20·2 years agoIt's a good plane at providing close air support to ground targets and destroying enemy armor and it's pretty well armored for a plane, but any kind of air support requires air superiority to be effective and the A-10 is very bad at being a fighter. link
It's a good plane at providing close air support to ground targets and destroying enemy armor and it's pretty well armored for a plane, but any kind of air support requires air superiority to be effective and the A-10 is very bad at being a fighter.