“the A-10 aircraft is no longer safe to fly”
Respectfully disagree, it is still flying. And it can continue to fly if the Air Force can redirect about 700 million to make that happen. There are many ways the AF could do this however it does appear they are trying to put all their eggs in one bag, the extremely expensive F-35. And the F-35 has no gun capability or very little at this time.
The f-35 would be like using the p-51 in ground attack.It was stupid then and still is. Nothin beats a hog,nothin.