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minus-squareanomnom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·10 days agoWikipedia says they were built from 1072-1984 so yeah, old. But we don’t have anything to replace it for super low ground support like that. Everyone else uses drones for that, for a reason.
minus-squarea1studmuffin@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·10 days agoThose A10s really mopped up in The Crusades!
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 days agoBack when Fairchild Republic was called Fairchild Monarchy.
Wikipedia says they were built from 1072-1984 so yeah, old.
But we don’t have anything to replace it for super low ground support like that.
Everyone else uses drones for that, for a reason.
Those A10s really mopped up in The Crusades!
Back when Fairchild Republic was called Fairchild Monarchy.