Just to clarify, every A-10 driver I've spoken with just love that big ol' hawg and CAS. It's the fighter and bomber mafias which hates CAS and, by extension, the A-10.
Maybe it’s time to consider a CAS command. We did it with Space Command, why not for the dirtbellies?
You take ALL the A10s, ALL the Harriers, All the OV10Broncos or whatever is serving today as FACs [hell, bring back the A1Skyraider], ALL the AC130 Spookies, ALL the helicopters & Ospreys, and a smattering of Air Controllers. Perhaps even all the artillery...
Give them their own Command. That would cut the red tape. They can bicker over the need for supersonic CAS if they need to bicker, but in the meantime our guys have their butts covered.