I hope they don’t plan on retiring the F-22 already! Good grief. I’d rather have a heavy F-35 and either an updated F-22 or a new air dominance fighter than the A-10 even.
The 22 has been “retired” a couple of times but they didn’t quit manage to get it to the airpark in the desert. It will fly until the 35 proves it is at least half as good, maybe for many years yet.