They’ve been trying to retire this old BEAST for a long time. I think to do that would be a colossal mistake. The WartHog is the jet version of the “JUG” so famously nicknamed by the brave men who flew them during WWII (My father-in-law BG. Donald W. “Bud” Guilfoyle for one...Silver Star recipient and recent RI Aviation Hall of Famer). They, the A10s, are as reliable and as badass(even more so) as the JUG ever was according to General “Bud” who had first hand experience in both.
There is no real replacement in the CAS role