There is an element in the USAF that has always resented the A-10 “Warthog” because it’s not fast and sexy. I will advocate turning the A-10s over to the Army, training Army pilots for close-in air support to be at the call of Army ground commanders and for the benefit of the grunts on the ground, as the USMC does.
If I were a USAF general, I wouldn’t give a stuff if the A-10 is a slow and ugly beast, it can stir a helluva lot of fear on enemy tank crews, because when its GAU-8/A 30mm cannon whirrs, they’re toast.