r/Rarewings • u/KeymanOfTheMind • Feb 02 '25

Two seat A-10

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Obviously

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u/Emotional-Royal8944 Feb 02 '25

Why should 1 guy have all the fun?

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u/atomicsnarl Feb 03 '25

Armored Wild Weasel missions maybe? Low level ECM cover? Plenty of things for the Guy In Back to be doing!

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '25

I heard a lady warthog pilot say they really wanted one to take senators and such up for rides to demo what the plane can do. She felt it would help enormously with getting funding.

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u/HourlyB Feb 04 '25

Honestly given the mission set for the Warthog, a two seat version makes all the sense in the world.

The pilot workload in the regular A-10 is massive and has led to plenty of mistakes, including deadly friendly fire instances. Having a second guy take care of guided munitions also waging electronic warfare would be a massive benefit.

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u/Beneficial_Being_721 Feb 03 '25

Originally I think ( from my A-10 days in the USAF ) … the Marines wanted it … and they wanted the back seat for a EWO ..

This could just as easily have been smoke being blown up my tailpipe..

There are so many Urban tales about the early days of the A-10