We are trying to save the A-10s! There is nothing to replace them as air support. The theory is that because they are part of AZ military resource, Obama is punishing us by mothballing them. Cutting off his nose to spite his face. Although, he has always hated the military, the A10 is another one of his real and symbolic castration of the US.
The A 10 is by far the most beautiful ugly plane ever