Air-to-Air : 50?

I know an A-10 cannon is a middle finger shoved up the ass of anything that moves, but can you really fight other airplanes with it?

Sumfingue said:
Air-to-Air : 50?

I know an A-10 cannon is a middle finger shoved up the ass of anything that moves, but can you really fight other airplanes with it?

Well, you could probably kill helicopters with an A-10. Other jets? Unless it's taxing off the runaway very doubtful, though I have heard weirder things

They carry Sidewinders as well; note the two racked on the far-portside mount.

Thank you, I didn't noticed the Sidewinders. Still, an A-10, in my eyes, easy game for other jets even with it's f*ckton of plating.

Definitely, it gets a half score for being able to shoot and not being able to defend past the usual chaff/flare packages I'd assume. :P

The first (MBB Bo 105) of two A-10 air-to-air kills during Gulf '91. The other was a Mil Mi-8. Fast movers could get in trouble if they get into the A-10 flight envelope. That big, unswept wing gives the A-10 a turning radius about half that of the F-16 and an all-aspect AIM-9 can ruin anyone's day.

Well, I'm certainly no expert in modern aerial combat, but it seems to me anyone dense enough to get into a dogfight with an A-10 deserves it. Punch it from a distance and move on.
But, then again, by the time we arrive on the scene in force, air supremacy is generally in effect.