The A-10 will take tremendous damage and bring the pilot home. No question. But the other problem is a stat that doesn’t get reported — how many of those 700 original airframes have already been written off due to battle damage? I don’t know, but I suspect that the cumulative number is between 20 & 40%. These planes have been in heavy use since the first Gulf War.
716 were built, only 281 remain in inventory.
Many have in fact timed out, been rendered unservicable or otherwise have had to be retired. There’s something like 30 unflyable examples on display to give you some idea.