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Hi Nuno,
I'd say pretty much the same for helicopters as well. The A-10 of the 80's would have almost no night/adverse weather capability to work down in the weeds for far too great a percentage of time in Central Europe. The extra survivability at the FEBA comes from the enemy having (hopefully) less time to track and shoot you down because they're preoccupied with good guys on the ground shooting at them at the same time. It is interesting to note that A-10s in Allied Force ranged far and wide all over Kosovo and rarely got into trouble because the FACs only went down to 10K ft and the missile shooters stayed above 15K.
the A-10 was designed for what is by todays standards a permissive threat environment. (See the case study link above)
Sep 27, 2013, 6:18:17 PM
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