mrsapphire

Stop it with the logic and common sense, OP might become disillusioned.

Why would anyone have given this post gold? Donate that money to the HSUS fund, I'm sure Paul would find that money going to a good cause is much more important than a vanity star.

Are you referring to the difficulty involved in servicing and handling the hazmats which run some of the systems? I had a teacher who flew F-22s who mentioned that they had some very nasty shit in them but would never elaborate and it's next to impossible to find out what that kind of obscure and toxic materials are buried inside of them. All of the crashes resulted in hazmat cleanup and recovery as a #1 priority, i'm sure it's common procedure with all of the planes you work on, but it seems to be more pronounced with the F-22s.

For those not familiar with the topic there's a great article about them here (and it even explicitly mentions the folks that service them) http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/02/stealth-pilots-coughing/

Do you think that any US planes could legitimately survive through modern surface to air weaponry though? (Like the SA-10s)

As an aviation mechanic, are you actually qualified to work on the A-10? The ratio of ammunitions to airplane-y parts has to be at least 9:1?