Originally Posted by
LowObservable
If it can't do CAS, don't say that it can. Not that complex.
Of course, the USAF has to say it can do CAS or they're undermining the Marines' claim that they can do any mission, in combat, right away.
LO, if you can show up and deliver a bomb when the ground commander asks for it, you can do CAS. End of. What I want to understand from you is how you interpret the state of play as "can't do CAS." (Please note, I am not a partisan for the USAF, I tend to be more of a Navy / Marine sort in my biases and preferences. The above, however, isn't colored by the inter-service pissing matches we are so good at over here ...)