It's still here after all these wars, years and beers, so I'm going to say "Yes".
Did the AV-8B replace the A-10? No. It did not.
Will the F-35 replace what the A-10 brings to any fight? No, it will not.
The F-35 might bring some quicker, but it won't replace what the A-10 is packing.
Can the A-10 do what the F-35 can do? No, it cannot.
The A-10 was not and is not fit for that duty and that is not in its job description.
So, why are we arguing?
A lot of people have a car and a pickup in their garage and I think there's room in our military's hanger for both the A-10 and the F-35.
It's always nice to have the right tool on hand for the job at hand, right?
So, why throw away a perfectly good tool like the A-10 and replace it with a shiny new one, when you can have both in your tool box and bag of tricks?
The thing that always grabs me about military aircraft is when the throw away the dies so nobody can build anymore of them.
If you built an airplane perhaps another country forty years from now might want fifty of them. Oh so sorry, we can’t build anymore of those.