Thread: F-22 Raptor, What the hell are we doing?
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Old 05-12-2008, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Muck View Post
Easy answer. Lift the "fixed wing" ban the Army is stuck with and let them do their own damn CAS. The AF has never been overly interested in it and Army pilots would be able to integrate with the ground force structure much easier. BTW the AH-64 as a primary CAS platform has a lot to do with the Army agreeing to only fly rotorcraft.
It's my understanding that the A-10 argument got to the point where the Army said, "If you don't want to field them, we do." at which point the AF blinked. This would have been between wars and would have been a concession that the AH-64 was not the complete answer. Know anything more?

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Well that remains to be seen. I'm guessing that if all the end users didn't think it was up to the job they wouldn't be on board the program. But keep in mind that it was designed primarily as a bomb truck rather than an A2A platform. So air to ground is what it's supposed to do.
Sounds good to me.
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