Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!rpi!uwm.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Carrier based A10s???!?! Message-ID: <1991Mar15.033738.5986@cbnews.att.com> Date: 15 Mar 91 03:37:38 GMT References: <1991Feb26.011655.5357@cbnews.att.com> <1991Feb28.050855.8085@cbnews.att.com> <1991Mar4.204930.4811@cbnews.att.com> <1991Mar12.224255.24531@cbnews.att.com> Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (william.b.thacker) Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 23 Approved: military@att.att.com From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) >From: Alfred Todd Symonds >Just out of sheer curiousity, what would prevent the use of A10s in the >role of Marine CAS missions?? ... I'm unsure how carrier-compatible the A-10 is, but otherwise, there would be nothing much wrong with the idea on the face of it. The Marines almost certainly prefer their Harriers for the job, however... especially since they, unlike most other fixed-wing aircraft, can operate from the USMC minicarriers instead of having to use the USN's supercarriers. >After all, it would rid the USAF of an obviously useless "A" type of aircraft. Apart from the fact that the Army would scream -- they like the USAF having the A-10, because it forces the USAF to fly CAS missions properly -- the very suggestion of giving USAF aircraft to the Navy (Marine aircraft procurement and operations being via the Navy) would be enough to kill your career in the USAF stone cold dead. :-) -- "But this *is* the simplified version | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology for the general public." -S. Harris | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry