Not really. I’m an old Hog driver and studied tactics and such, and the Hog is much more effective than other jets. People think “speed is life” but not for the Hog.
F-16 takes a hit, 80% it won’t survive. A-10 takes a hit, 80% survivable.I’ve crunched the numbers myself.
A lot of this battle damaged A-10’s get retired. Yes, the survive and most often bring their pilots home. But from a fleet perspective there just aren’t enough of them left. Get into a major fight and the fleet will collapse.