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The difference between the A-10 and F-35 is far greater than the difference between the A-10 & A-7. The A-10 is dying with no true replacement so if it looses it will just go away. Only a few squadrons left and they are timing out soon. The A-10 is probably the most apex air to ground mud fighter ever made, but the days of having specific platforms to do single jobs are coming to an end. It's the time of the multitaskers which can do many jobs good, instead of one mission great. Progression sucks, but it's a harsh reality.

Relax, take same pilots with same skills the F-8 will come out on top 60%+ of the time.

We all know your a Phantom lover, so am I, but its both fact and opinion that the Crusader was a better dog fighter. Numbers and stats on paper are just that. when the birds get up in the sky the truth comes out. if an F-4 and an F-8 were to have 10 dogfights the F-8 would come out on top probably 6 or 7 times weather the fight was 5k feet or 25k feet, a true furball. now add 20 miles to the fight and the Phantom would trump the F-8 99% of the time.

Sorry Gep, your wrong the Crusader flew both missions as well, and did so with great success there was more bomb dropping than dog fighting going on in Vietnam. The number one rule when dogfighting MIGs during the Vietnam Conflict was not to get in a turning war with them. The F-8 if it had enough energy could turn a few times with a MIG, an F-4 had about one good hard turn if it had speed that's it, it would then have to run out climb or dive. As for an F-4 vs F-8 true dog fight the F-4 would have to fight it like a MIG because the Crusader was more maneuverable. Great read streakeagle.

Well, this will be a heavily one sided fly off if the F-35 is asked to get in low and hard like the A-10 does, or are they going to have the A-10 try and sneak in "under" the radar undetected and drop its war load, then the F-35 may have a chance. The F-35 was never designed to fly a mission like the A-10.

Ejection vectors film from US Navy and Air Force. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09DckvwFrXY

He was a pilot from another air arm training in the U.S.

Russian airliner crash in Egypt. http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/31/middleeast/egypt-plane-crash/index.html

F-18 Crashes Near RAF Lakenheath U.S. Air Force Base in England http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/f-18-crashes-near-raf-lakenheath-u-s-air-force-n448341

Just got word the pilot was killed in the crash no casualties on the ground.

Not sure of this story http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/611157/Russia-Turkey-jet-plane-shot-down-airspace-Syria-ISIS-Islamic-State

I'm sure it has been designed to take the heat of a VSTOL aircraft.

I emailed him years ago asking how one becomes a member, his reply was rude and vulgar. He's a dick.

F/A-18 Superhornet crashes pilot ejects near NAS Leemore. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/navy-super-hornet-jet-crashes-field-leemore-base-pilot-ejects-n431386

As you should and so am I, as well as all Americans. Because as soon as people loose that anger, they forget, and that's when they will strike again, Mark my word, and they will try.

Just quoting myself from a similar post about a year ago. The JSF-35 is a big part of the puzzle this plane is designed to be real slippery and hard to find. If the pilot says it can't dogfight compared to an F-16, 15, or the Hornet family, which is probably true, but remember their is a price for the level of stealth it has, to be very hard to find or be able to dogfight, its more stealthy.That's price of stealth. " It may not have the best range, best performance, best war load, but its a very stealthy plane that's the key ingredient all the other planes would out perform the F-35 in a conventional fight or fly off, but that wasn't what it was designed to do! It was designed to be really hard to detect so it can fly around drop bombs or shoot missiles at other planes, not to fight its way in drop its load and fight it's way out. It was designed to cheat, which works for me. For the US the JSF-35 will be a Joint Strike Fighter, a cog in the giant war machine that will have the support to carry out it's intended missions. I just want my guys to have the very best tools to complete their task and get home safely. Is that so wrong?" This is a link to the past thread I created back in May 2014 a lot of the same stuff: Debate F/A-18 Super Hornet vs F-35 Lightning II http://combatace.com/topic/82860-debate-fa-18-super-hornet-vs-f-35-lightning-ii/

http://www.wxow.com/category/136118/video-landing-page?clipId=11600803&autostart=true http://www.wxow.com/story/29326536/2015/06/15/volk-field-hosts-regional-air-force-combat-training https://www.facebook.com/drakenintl?fref=ts

Anybody notice the olive drab humped A-4H they picked up from ATSI or other similar outfit?

Looks like China's been busy bee workers creating island(s) for their air force. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32331964 http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/17/asia/china-south-china-sea-reclamation/

The Ruskies are trying to reignite the Cold War. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/11/russian-fighter-jet-almost-collides-us-plane-over-/

Navy pilot ejects as plane runs off runway. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Pilot-Forced-to-Eject-in-Coronado-Landing-304761211.html

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/08/us/boston-marathon-bombing-trial

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