Retiring thise A10s is a huge mistake....give them to Ukraine!
Or keep them...we are going to need them.
Is that 188.1 billion going to DEI ? Wpld not suprise me at all.
“Is that 188.1 billion going to DEI”
Tranny surgery ain’t cheap, especially when the Defense dept. is envolved.
That wuz my thought as well.
Instead of giving Ukraine the F-16s, why not give them these planes which are destined for a boneyard, especially the A-10s, which might make a small difference in the war.
Proud to say that I helped build those back in the '70s. But it may be time.....the current battlefield is awash in MANPADS and cheap drones. They did a helluva job in Desert Storm though. A guy who flew one said to me years later, regarding the ease with which they dispatched Saddam's armor: "it was like making war on your dog".
Give them to the Army if the Air Force doesn't want to do ground support.
I am wondering if the AF as seen the battlefield in Ukraine and decided that the A10 would not survive the modern air space?