[Flick Lives]

The politicians love to assault this platform only because you can’t make it better and that dries up their ability to take the graft from lobbyists.

Bingo. You nailed it. The "problem" with the A-10 is that it was too cheap and it worked. Where's the fat military industrial contract in that for a Congressman to hand out in return for campaign cash.

[BwanaNdege]

If Tom Cruise had joined the Air Force, he would have flown fighters converted to the ground attack role.

If Sgt Alvin York could have joined the modern Air Force, he would have flown A-10s!