I just can’t believe what a shit-job they’ve done getting the GAU-22 firing straight on the F35, with no other options besides missiles or rockets for AA. At least the F4 Phantom was committed to its bit, and didn’t magically fuck-up previously-solved problems.
go to bed grandpa, A2A is missiles these days, with APKWS for shahed hunting (19 per pod. F15 can carry four). (not rockets (unguided)) if you want to use guns against them for some reason, then whatever it is must be slow to be practical, and guess what, we already have a tool for that: it’s called helicopter. there were two F16 lost in Ukraine when they tried to shoot down a shahed with a gun iirc, they were damaged by shahed fragments. no reason to get too close when sidewinders or APKWS exist
Low as the ammo-count on the GAU-22 is, its almost a hundred times the potential missile load-out. A pocket-portable net launcher is approaching as useful as any of this shit, but please, continue with how out of touch I am versus USAF procurement methodology. Spinning the AirForce off from the Army was a mistake, although I guess having not-quite-as many Generals as F35s is better than having an excess of Admirals versus ships.
I just can’t believe what a shit-job they’ve done getting the GAU-22 firing straight on the F35, with no other options besides missiles or rockets for AA. At least the F4 Phantom was committed to its bit, and didn’t magically fuck-up previously-solved problems.
go to bed grandpa, A2A is missiles these days, with APKWS for shahed hunting (19 per pod. F15 can carry four). (not rockets (unguided)) if you want to use guns against them for some reason, then whatever it is must be slow to be practical, and guess what, we already have a tool for that: it’s called helicopter. there were two F16 lost in Ukraine when they tried to shoot down a shahed with a gun iirc, they were damaged by shahed fragments. no reason to get too close when sidewinders or APKWS exist
Low as the ammo-count on the GAU-22 is, its almost a hundred times the potential missile load-out. A pocket-portable net launcher is approaching as useful as any of this shit, but please, continue with how out of touch I am versus USAF procurement methodology. Spinning the AirForce off from the Army was a mistake, although I guess having not-quite-as many Generals as F35s is better than having an excess of Admirals versus ships.