Air Force Delays A-10 Axing

[Hawkmoon]

With a wing loading of 99 lbs/sq ft, the A-10 don't glide.

But it's designated as a short take-off, short landing aircraft. The stall speed is 120 knots. I couldn't find any hard numbers for take-off and landing distance. Is an aircraft with a stall speed of 120 knots too fast to operate from a carrier? What would that make the landing speed, 130 knots? 140?

[wmenorr67]

Our AA is air based, we depend on our fast movers to take out any threat before it becomes a threat.

[MechAg94]

What's friggin' hilarious is that the Department of State had their fleet of milsurp OV-10 Broncos stationed at Patrick AFB while I was there.

They were equipped with armor plate, tanks, pumps, and spray bars.

They flew south full of RoundUp, and returned empty, with an AK hole or three to commemorate their visit to the Coca fields to the south.

Plug holes, fill tanks, refuel, lather, rinse, repeat on a daily basis.

Glad to hear about that considering how well it has worked.