The A-10 is an old airframe. But it is an utter beast. Nothing like it for CAS. Have a friend who served in Iraq. He said nothing like the sound of that cannon going off. Instant morale boost for the guys on the ground - and an oh #### moment for the bad guys. Also they are TOUGH.
Brrrrrrrr. Bad guys #### their pants. Right before they become pink mist.
The Air Farce needs to get their heads out of their butts. The F-35 is amazing. But it cannot do what the Warthogs do.
“U.S. Air Force had been attempting to retire for years.”
Don’t you dare retire it you sons of bitches! Might as well go after C 130’s and B 52’s too...”old airframes”. Behind this push are ambition and greed by military brass and defense industry low lifes.
Agreed that the A-10 has nothing to really take it’s place. There is maybe one or two aircraft that could take over some aspects of it, but nothing really takes the place of that old A-10. Keep it going & make improvements to it, but please keep it going. It costs tons to even try to develop something better & if it doesn’t succeed, that is money down the drain...there’s already too much of that going on.
I agree! I think if the AF is so hell bent on getting rid of the A-10 they should give them all to the Marine Corps!
One A-10 can do the work of more than 5 thousand ground pounders 24/7.
The Air Force is run by jet jockeys and the Warthog is just not glamorous enough.