[JudgemAll]

The army should have never let go
of the A10 to the Air Force. Seems
like the Air Force took it just to decide to get rid of it without consultation with ground forces

[Kadric]

mmmm The Army never had the A-10. There was talk when the Air Force first wanted to get rid of them but when congress seriously started considering it the Air Force decided to keep them to stop the Army from having fixed wing combat AC.

[SkyPilot]

The army should have never let go of the A10 to the Air Force.

The Army never had control of the A-10.

And the Air Force has done an amazing job with its Close Air Support (CAS) mission for decades.

The often repeated myth that the Air Force and its leaders care nothing of CAS and only care about high speed air superiority fighters is just that - a myth. The Air Force's last Chief of Staff was an A-10 driver.

The Air Force, like the rest of the military, is reeling from a deep and sustained budget nightmare, courtesy of Obama and our Republican Congress. Not only did Obama cut the military very deeply, but Sequestration force the Pentagon to "absorb" 50% of ALL SPENDING cuts of the Federal government, despite being only 15% of the budget.

Under Sequestration, entitlements like Food Stamps and Obamacare are completely exempt from cuts, and have in fact increased.

The military is paying the bill for the Takers.

Those kind of cuts have force the Air Force and the other services to make horrific cuts.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

When the Air Farce was formed the Army was no longer allowed to have ANY fixed wing aircraft.

Creating the Air Farce was a major mistake.