[Da Coyote]

The Warthog should not only not be written out, it should be improved and kept in the inventory.

(I’ve flown fighters and trainers, but never had the opportunity to fly the A-10. It is one of two planes I’d like to try out. The other is the Mustang.)

And, of course, as previously stated...should you to be an enemy, never, EVER p*ss off a Warthog pilot.

[Kenny Bunk]

Now listen here, the USAF can simply not be seen in an ugly clunker that flies on the wrong side of 500knts max, works at under 5,000 feet, costs less than $300 Million a copy, and is subjected to insulting ground-fire. It's like asking a hot-rock fighter jock to drive a '97 Plymouth Mini-Van.

At the same time, The USAF is a signatory of the 1948 Treaty of Key West, which means the Army gets no, that's NO, fixed wing combat aircraft. If those chaps crawling through the dirt need support, they can call armed helicopters, (Would you believe, many flown by non-commissioned officers? Disgusting.) Furthermore The USAF is quite capable of occasionally swooping down low to support our troops at 600 knts. True, we occasionally hit our own guys, or orphanages, but hey, that's war.