My thanks to you for your years in flying the A-10.
I’ve heard the USAF pilots absolutely love flying them.
However, at the Command level, too many USAF senior staff have been vocal in their desire to rid their service of the A-10.
Rather then see it put to pasture, I’d much prefer it to be transferred to the Army.
At this point in time it looks like the A-10 will stay, at least for a few more years in USAF service due to Congressional action rather than the desires of the USAF Generals.
Used to totally true, the Air Force having nothing to do with the A-10. . .but Gulf War I happened and even Gen Horner conceded the A-10 was a spectacular jet.
The issue now is reduced force levels and that means multi-mission jets, not single mission jets. It is the non-flying pogues in the Pentagon that are pushing A-10 retirement, not the flying staff.