It doesn’t really have a line up though, at 9.0 you could at least have the m60a3 TTS. And it’s only got 2 of them, by the time you actually get to use both bombs the game is halfway done, assuming you don’t get shot down.
A-4E has 2 - 3 guided munitions for 9.3, guaranteed frags.
Soviets did not stay the same.
Yak-38 does not have CCIP for bombs.
AV-8C is balanced at 9.7.
If you want 9.0 CAS, get the A-4B or F-84F.
The A-4E (And it’s Israeli cousin) were two of the most blatantly overperforming CAS aircraft in the game. Long range self guided munitions against gun based SPAAs was an absurd mismatch.
It’s been great to see them actually being countered now, and it’s particularly funny the players clearly used to their invulnerability making absolutely no changes to their gameplay and complaining that they’re being countered. They just fly in a straight line from spawn right into the IR SAM I throw at them, no attempt to evade, or even flare in most cases.