Not doubting you in any way X but why would the A-10’s tooling be destroyed rather than saved? Strictly a costs, due to various reasons, issues or something elase?
“Not doubting you in any way X but why would the A-10’s tooling be destroyed rather than saved? Strictly a costs, due to various reasons, issues or something else?”
There are a variety of reasons why the tooling is customarily not preserved for military aircraft after the production line is permanently closed. The reasons range from the need to clear space on the factory floor for the next production line and cost of a factory to house them to the destruction of tooling which could be used to produce and put defective counterfeit parts in the supply chain.
See:
A-10 Warthogs Could Serve Until 2040
by John Reed on July 22, 2011
http://defensetech.org/2011/07/22/a-10-warthogs-could-serve-until-2040/