>>>Now, the Air Force has committed to buying more wings. According to DoDBuzz General Mike Holmes, the head of the Air Force’s Air Combat Command<<<
I’ll bet they will MAKE IT RIGHT!
You cannot go wrong extending the life of an aircraft that can return from a mission safely, after losing an engine and portions of its tail. The Air Farce(yup) bureaucracy never liked the A 10. Pilots love em and so do the troops on the ground.