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.
Better: make the Air Force junior to the Army and Navy. Have the Theater Commander have the job of doing the service evaluations of the Air Force generals assigned to his area of operations, and he will do it according to how well they support the people on the ground.
The purpose of the Air Force is to support the ground forces.
The purpose of fighters is to clear the airspace so that CAS can operate.