The U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as “Warthog," demonstrates its capabilities at the New York Air Show at Orange County Airport, N.Y., on June 24, 2023. (Petr Svab/The Epoch Times)
Zero Hedge/Epoch Times: Air Force Wants To Replace Highly Effective Modern A-10 With 'Flying Tinderbox'
“By scrapping the A-10, the Air Force is guaranteeing more Gold Star families will be created,” according to Charlie Keebaugh, president of the largest group of tactical-air-control party airmen.
The 2024 version of the National Defense Authorization Act (pdf) allows the Air Force to retire 42 A-10 Thunderbolt 2s in 2024, with the remaining 220 or so to be retired with prejudice by 2029. This retiring of the A-10 “Warthog” is predicated on the fantastical disproven idea that the A-10, which to this day is the most cost-effective plane in the Air Force’s inventory, can be replaced by the F-35.
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WNU Editor: The ab ove article explains clearly why the F-35 cannot replace the A-10 in conducting close air support, but the mainstream media narrative continues to claim the F-35 will be a success story .... Lockheed Martin’s $1.7 trillion F-35 fighter jet is 10 years late and 80% over budget—and it could be one of the Pentagon’s biggest success stories (Fortune).
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