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A-10 pumpkin date ? - 727Sky - 08-26-2023
The Airfarce wants to park the A-10 and the Army on more than one occasion has said "Give them to us" but Alas it has wings and is armed so no A-10 for the Army even though it would be a perfect platform for the Army mission.
Warfare is changing and with 300$ drones with 1000$ bombs and grenades destroying 3 million dollar Russian tanks you have to wonder where all this is heading.
Some of the aircraft that the air force operates "IT IS CLAIMED" their operating cost is 80,000$++ and hour which falls right in with with all the other things we have read about costing hundreds if not thousands of times more than anyone can believe. I guess they have to fund their black projects some how ?
Quote:The US Air Force is charging ahead with plans to retire the A-10 Warthog attack jet within the next five years, but with no dedicated close air support platform to replace it with, pilots are worried that troops on the ground won’t get the air support they need in the next conflict. In the 2023 version of the National Defense Authorization Act, Congress approved the Air Force’s request to begin divestment of the current A-10 fleet, citing the aircraft as too old, too slow, and too expensive to maintain.