Comments by "Titanium Rain" (@ChucksSEADnDEAD) on "F-35 Lightning Jet 25mm Cannon Firing! GAU-22 Equalizer" video.

@AwesomeDesertTrains "the a10 is one hell of an accurate platform and there is a reason why it’s still in service" - the reason it is still in service is because trying to replace it is an absolute clusterfuck. USAF estimated 15 years to develop a replacement and trying to replace the A10 during the GWOT would mean employing turboprops as a stopgap measure. Bureaucratic inertia is the reason it's still around. From 2006 to 2013 it flew 19% of CAS missions, less than the F-16's 33%. In Operation Inherent Resolve it flew 11% of CAS missions.
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