Comments by "Big Blue" (@bigblue6917) on "As Sweet as a Warthog! The Northrop YA-9A" video.

  1. The USAF did fly tactical bombers in the ground support role in Vietnam. They flew the Martin B-57 Canberra, as did the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). I did read the that Canberra of the RAAF was so noted for its accuracy that US Forward Air Controllers preferred to use them if they were available. There is the possibility the the US Army and Airforce missed out on a much better solution in the form of the Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne. A helicopter with the potential speed and firepower to have taken on the role of both the A-10 and the AH- 64 Apache. I believe one of the reasons the AH=56 was not accepted, besides it's speed making it too fast for the army airforce agreement, was its cost. But compared to the cost of both the AH-65 and the A-10 combined it was possibly a much better solution. And it would have meant it would have been under the control of the US Army rather than the US Airforce and would therefore have been under the armies budget.
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  2.  @DraigBlackCat  Thanks. Some interesting thoughts
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