Personally, I think that since a new A10 only costs a couple million more than a Predator and is far, far, more capable, it would be a Hell of a lot cheaper and also provide a much more effective CAS capability to reopen the production line and build new ones with the upgrades in them from the start. Not a "redesign" that would be an invitation to waste money, just the same plane with upgrades and whatever improvements that are easy to fit in the existing airframe as it already exists.
In addition, this time around the USAF should be kept from deliberately not equipping them for all the missions they could perform in order to make sure they could still justify buying other more expensive aircraft. No matter how you slice it, an F16 with two fat fuel tanks to have loiter time is no where near as effective as an A10 for CAS and the F35 is far worse than the F35.
". . . and the F35 is far worse than the F35."
should read :
"and the F35 is far worse than the F16."