[SeeSharp]

FYI it was Dick Cheney who ordered the jigs to be destroyed. The Pentagon didn’t want this aircraft to begin with and has been trying to kill it off ever since it was first deployed. Congress initially ordered 750 of them. The number ordered was high so the Air Force couldn’t send all of them straight to the National Guard as they flew off the assembly line.

[Hoodat]

No, it is the Air Force that didn't want the planes to begin with because it is not an Air Force plane. It is an Army plane best flown by Army pilots for ground support. The problem lies when you give the Air Force the authority to purchase all aircraft (just as it is when you let the Navy purchase all Marine Corps equipment).

Budget cuts for the A-10 did not occur until four years AFTER Dick Cheney left office. So to blame Dick Cheney for ordering them destroyed is simply not valid.

[huldah1776]

I have a funny feeling it has ALL to do with the people who make our jets. This is not free market capitalism is it?