Ironically, the “new toy” the Air Force generals want the most will not be particularly new. The F-35 was first dreamed up in the 1990s and it won’t reach “full operational” status until at least 2017. IMO, something is very amiss in our procurement system that it takes this long.
Follow the money trail. Besides, they want to give the A-10s to 3rd world dictators who can lose them to islamic radicals.