[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Perhaps the Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt can be saved from mothballs by the Marine Corps. If they latch onto it the way they did the Harrier jump jet it could save the aircraft from extinction as well as the lives of many US ground troops. It would seem the perfect aircraft for them.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Won't happen. The Marine Corps is committed to operating only one tactical airframe, eventually. That will be the F-35. They will not be buying the Super Hornet either.