Modest Proposal: The RCAF should adopt a light attack aircraft.
"PEW-PEW-PEW!" Sometimes, once in a blue moon or so, news coming out of The Pentagon actually makes sense. The folks at Defense News recently reported that the USAF is in the preliminary stages of evaluating a light attack aircraft to supplement its A-10 fleet. These new aircraft would then partially replace the aging Warthog over low-threat environments. Aircraft like the F-15E and F-35 would take over duties in higher-threat situations. The reasoning is simple. Aircraft like the F-35 and F-15E are complete overkill when it comes to dealing with violent extremists that use pickup trucks armed with machine guns ("technicals"). While there is no debating the tactical need, one has to question the financial argument of using a multi-million dollar aircraft that costs $30k per flight hour dropping a bomb that costs more than its target . As much praise as the A-10 receives for its mastery in the CAS role, even it has been complete overkill for most of ...