Posted on 07/22/2025 6:46:09 AM PDT by Red Badger
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One of the greatest War Machines ever made.
It will be missed more than they know.
Noooooooooo! Oh well.
What’s going to replace its function as the greatest ground support/tank killer ever? And the geniuses are going to retire it just as war with China and Russia is on the horizon for the 2027 timeframe. SMH!
Jihad Buster.
Can I buy one? Flyable? With spares? ( I have a neighbor who is a retired A-10 driver )
I agree with you but could the same capability be provided with a drone swarm of 100 suicide drones for far less money.
Getting rid of an effective weapons system because you don’t “plan” on engaging anyone except near peer enemies seems remarkably short-sighted.
Like the “Deuce and a half”, they’ve been saying goodbye for years.
Donate them to Ukraine, where they can carry out their original function, destroying Russian tanks.
The money quote, if ya ask me ... “citing concerns over CAS capability gaps (there is no A-10 equivalent)”
Well Pentagon geniuses? What is the replacements when you get the radio call “They are 20 yards past the purple smoke, east. Yeah it’s danger F#$@#$in close! Do it or we die anyways. HIT EM.”
This move by USAF is a mistake.
Well they have to be in theatre, like RIGHT THERE to provide CAS.
But yeah, a flock of loitering CAS drones with good cameras, sensors and operators might work. Even for anti-jihadi work.
Give ‘em to the Texas Air Nat Guard. Border patrol.
Troop morale will hit a big down for a while, ground pounders absolutely loved those things to a man. The F-35 is by no means it’s replacement that they want to fill its shoes with now either.
The air force has been trying to get rid of the A-10 for some time. Basically, compared to the fast movers, it is inexpensive. The generals labor under the illusion that the larger their budget, the more power and influence they have.
It has been suggested the army take over the A-10 program. They would get the most benefit from it.
Don’t throw away a successful weapon until a proven one has been developed.
If you look at the Russia/Ukraine war, the use of drones has totally changed conventional warfare, dozens if not hundreds of drones are loitering over the battlefield at all times, attacking anything that moves.
Up to this point, no effective counter drone strategy has proven effective.
As in Vietnam and Afghanistan all that fantastical overwhelming technical superiority achieved exactly zilch.
“I agree with you but could the same capability be provided with a drone swarm of 100 suicide drones for far less money.”
that’s a good point, and probably likely true, but it’s doubtful our armed services have that capability YET ... but they soon should given their relationship with Anduril, and Palmer Luckey, who’s the Elon Musk of drones ... history has proven that young white or asian males are the prime [but not exclusive] movers of technology and real science ...
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