This Joint Force!
Posted on 04/28/2023 8:56:48 AM PDT by Red Badger
The US Air Force has been trying for years to retire its aging fleet of A-10 Warthog planes. During a Thursday hearing, the service secretary said the aircraft "doesn't scare China." "It still has some limited utility, but we have to get on with things," Frank Kendall told Congress.
The US Air Force has long butted heads with Congress over plans for the retirement of its aging A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft — flying cannons also known as Warthogs, and on Thursday, service leadership stressed to legislators that it's time to move on because the warplane is less useful than it was 40 years ago and simply "doesn't scare" China.
The Department of the Air Force Posture Statement about the 2024 fiscal year budget outlines specific divestments that the service branch wants to undertake so it can continue to modernize and adapt to relevant threats. The document requests that Congress allow for the retirement of 42 A-10 Warthogs because the aircraft "does not deter or survive against our pacing challenge, and we need to move forward."
Frank Kendall, the secretary of the Air Force, reiterated this Thursday afternoon during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the service's budget request when ranking member Rep. Adam Smith asked Kendall if he could outline some of the programs that the Air Force plans to divest and why it is important that Congress avoids getting in the way.
"I'll start with the A-10," Kendall said in his response. "It's over 40 years old. It was, in its time, a great aircraft — it served us well. I was an advocate for that program for a long time, but it doesn't scare China."
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Joint Force? What Joint Force?
This Joint Force!
Thinking they prefer surrendering better.
Maybe a few air wings in state guards can take them over since the guard lost all their Apache helicopters. Combined guard forces. You know collaboration like the real world.
Navy Seals in Afghanistan loved em. They say “What doesn’t kill you will make yo stronger. Except an A-10. An A-10 will f’n kill you!”
Well, the SecAF maintains the standards of the Brandon Administration…dumb as a post and anti-American as hell.
....or even border disputes of the Red/Blue variety.
Yeah, good point. Hope they are on our side.
Lets see an F-35 do something that simple.
Unless they are willing to do one-way suicide missions, they will be on the side that supports them with ammo, fuel and parts...the side that has “F-15s and nukes”
“Command has been hating on the A-10 since it was in development. And yet there it is. Still flying. Still winning.”
They hated it since it was first deployed in the mid 70’s.
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