[recrof]

Isn't the F-15EX usable for most air to ground strikes that A-10 is used today?

[hinkley]

Isn’t the A-10 basically a 30mm auto cannon with wings attached to it? The last two times this came up there was nothing with that kind of power.

The F-15 has <checks> a 20mm gun with 15% less ammo.

[JimtheCoder]

How much CAS is done by strafing vs dropping bombs?

[hinkley]

That cannon was an anti-tank weapon, but according to part 2 of the video series in this thread, it accounted for maybe 20% of their kills.

However the video also claims the avionics are garbage and misidentified targets were common. Civilians and friendly fire were often attacked by the A10 during Desert Storm I.

[dharmab]

The F-15EX is more expensive than the F-35A, though.