Originally Posted by
galaxy flyer
Tdracer it’s been tried many times over the life of the A-10. It’s a fixed wing combat system, the USAF will not give that up no matter how much they hate the plane. They will NOT give the Army combat planes. There’s a law to that effect regarding which service does which missions with what devices.
But do drones count? It would be foolish to limit drones to the Air Force - the ground grunts already use drones for reconnaissance - is there something that says the drones can't carry weapons? Granted it would need to be pretty darn big to carry that weapon, but a drone is a drone.