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U.S. Air Force loses Warthog attack jet near Hormuz (defence-blog.com)

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[–] The_v@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A-10 is live target practice for Iran's domestically produced manpads. It should not be anywhere near this conflict. That they are using it at all shows massive incompetence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misagh-2

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 week ago

The whole reason why there isn't a modern equivalent to the A-10 is because the Air Force knew that said plane wouldn't be able to survive in a conflict where the enemy had any surface-to-air attack capability.