During a major Oval Office address on Friday, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth introduced a new sixth-generation fighter jet costing $20 billion. In an unbelievable move, Trump named the jet after himself — the F47 — emphasizing his place in history as President of the United States.
“The F47 will be the most advanced, capable, and lethal aircraft ever built. We’re confident that it overpowers the capabilities of any nation,” he said before adding: “47 is a lovely number, isn’t it.”
If it ain’t an A-10 Warthog going brrrrrrr with its 30mm canon I sleep.
Let the ‘hog die the graceful end it deserves - in the hearts and memories of ground pounders. The Frogfoots are getting wrecked in Ukraine when they try to do CAS, that mission is over unless you’re splattering goat herders, and even militants have MANPADs now.
Super Tucano is all you need for low intensity/asymmetrical conflict and COIN, otherwise busting tanks is better done by ATGMs and AT mines.
I’m sorry, the A-10 is the most American aircraft to ever be engineered. Think about it, when it first debuted it didn’t give two shits about friendlies of foes. That motherfucker just sprayed and prayed, often to our allies dismay. But over time she proved useful and outright scary when you heard those beautiful brrrrrrrts, like a glorious and triumphant eagle scream. They’ve tried to retire her a million times, she’s persevered. She’ll always has a glorious spot in my heart.
Edit 2: On a serious note, yes using the A-10 for CAS isn’t in Ukraine’s cards, but that doesn’t mean she’s out of the fight! 💪
… with pieces blown off it and still fighting…
💪, just as she’d want!