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Originally Posted by 944Larry

I should have clarified myself here. I'm not advocating getting rid of high performance aircraft. We now have the F35 here at Eglin and, like all locals, I'm proud of them. I just think there is a need for a slower aircraft that has a longer loiter time over target than what we have now. I point to the A10 as a perfect example of the success of this type aircraft. The wars we seem to be involved in now do not seem to need expensive high performance. The slower plane probably could be maintained easier in the field and not need long concrete runways. It could be given to any ally without any worry of some high tech secrets falling into the wrong hands. I'm like Dennis Miller on this "this is my theory-I could be wrong".

I think that these two are pretty nice complements to the F-22 & F-35.