Which, of course, makes absolutely ZERO sense - the A-10 is STILL, after all these years, the very best at what it does. No other aircraft every designed and built does its job better... NONE.
I find it so ironic that the US Air Force is always crying that it wants the “best tool” for its job... which in their eyes, is always whatever is newest. But the F-35 cant’ hold a handle to the A-10 in effectiveness, in ordinance carried, in sheer firepower. The only “advantage” it has - speed. And in CAS, speed isn’t king.
The idiots are genuinely in charge.