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brickhistory, I don't think that bringing up the fact of whether or not we have our own CAS support has anything to do with this topic, it's merely a little sneer at a much smaller country (UK) from a country that is 10x + in size and numbers and therefore can afford to run that size fleet.
Nope, you are choosing not to fund a comparable fleet for your size. As a nation, you have chosen to have a small air force and military. However, that does mean that if you put your troops in harms' way and they need CAS, it more than likely won't be yours.
Thus, it does, to me anyway, have something to do with this topic. Would there be the cry for retribution to RAF pilots if they'd been there?
No one is infallible and unfortunately, Trooper Hull paid for that. Except for his family, I bet there is no one on this planet who feels worse than that two-ship of A-10 pilots.
I'm not sneering at anything, rather I'm amazed at what gets done with so little.