US Light Carrier with Marine LAV Topside

[cincydawg]

https://taskandpurpose.com/marine-corps-...itaAUTEbjA

An AH-1Z Viper attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit taking off during a strait transit aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer.

[K9Buck]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing. While we're at it, maybe A-10's would also be suited for that theater.

[Alabuckeye]

Thought I read that the A10 was retired....not sure if itâ€s still strategically used or totally gone.

[BoyGenius]

Interesting...

"The Marine Corps began experimenting last year with strapping LAVs to the decks of the amphibs — flattops capable of carrying helicopters and vertical landing and take-off jets and transporting Marines — to make the ships more lethal.

In September 2018, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked aboard the USS Wasp, another amphibious assault ship, drilled in the South China Sea with a LAV parked on the flight deck, training to fend off the types of threats Marines might face in hostile waterways."

[BoyGenius]

Thought I read that the A10 was retired....not sure if itâ€s still strategically used or totally gone.

The U.S. Air Force wonâ€t consider retiring the A-10 Warthog from service at least until 2021, according to news reports. https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-a-...1792103864

[cincydawg]

The A-10 is still alive, yes, but needs a ground base for operations.

[lrrps21]

I'm envious. All we got during Haitian Vacation I, II, III were blanks and blank adapters. We sat offshore on military 'floats' in the foreshore.

Note: A large crate of .223 rounds mysteriously appeared out of nowhere.

[cincydawg]

I thought the LAV idea was quite clever.  It can put out quite a bit of fire accurately.

[lrrps21]

I often wonder why the Army didn't adopt the LAV. It had the 'gamma goat' as a semi-amphibious vehicle. Nothing has ever topped that piece of garbage. It was the Army's version of the corvair.

[cincydawg]

I think of the Bradley M-3 as the heavier Army version of the LAV.

[cincydawg]

https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/08/13/a-10-re-winging-completed-will-keep-warthog-in-the-air-until-late-2030s/?utm_campaign=Socialflow+MIL&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3u6TdzOjbzycjJ_vpkuiJhN6Eoyo52gb6zCv9K5q5tkzfHly2uAjHzcbA

The re-winging of the venerable attack aircraft, popularly known as the Warthog, is expected to allow it to keep flying until the late 2030s, Air Force Materiel Command said in a release.

The upgraded wings should last for up to 10,000 flight hours without requiring a depot inspection, AFMC said. And they have an improved, newly designed wire harness to make the wings easier to remove, and lessen the chance of damaging the wing during the removal process.

These aircraft account for about 61 percent of the Air Forceâ€s roughly 282 Warthogs. Boeing received a $1.1 billion contract in 2007 to build replacement wings at its Macon, Georgia, plant, and work began in 2011.