[colorado tanker]

A more honest implementation would be to have the F-35 take the role of CAP and SEAD, and let the A-10 work the close in targets

I agree. This is just another attempt to kill the A-10. Of course most A-10 pilots would love to fly the F-35. The A-10 is one of the slowest and ugliest military aircraft in the world. But it is the ground soldier's best friend, a ferocious tank killer that can take punishment from enemy ground forces and keep dishing it out. The Air Force should fly both.

[Kozak]

If the AF doesn’t want the A 10 , move em to the Army.

[2001convSVT]

Worth repeating. “The Air Force should fly both.”