Once again an A-10 retirement date

[putnam6]

Nothing sounds Like an A-10 in the early morning 
[Video: https://youtu.be/GA1Afo3q6tQ]

Still gives me half a chub and I wasn't in the military.... BUT Ive heard stories

[Sky727]

Like a F-15 pilot said when asked what he did in Iraq, " I mostly flew around in circles and watched the A-10 protect our Marines and kill bad guys."

I figure the A-10 does not cost $40,000 or $80,000 an hour to fly so according to the airfarce so it needs to go.
 

• A-10 Thunderbolt: $22,531/hour
  
• F-15E Strike Eagle: $33,177/hour
  
• F-16 Fighting Falcon: $26,927/hour
  
• F/A-18E/F Super Hornet: $30,404/hour
  
• F-22 Raptor: $85,325/hour
  
• F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: $41,986/hour
  

These are the numbers they claim it cost to operate these aircraft.. I guess they should start buying and arming Lear jets and save 80% of the cost of flying... Never mind once they put a couple of 2.3 million dollar missiles on the Lears we will be right back where we started.

[Sky727]

[BeyondKnowledge]

Ok, who put the energizer batteries in it? 

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-forc...thog-2030/

It keeps going and going.

[IDELB2006]

Looks like the A10 will be around through 2030.

In an about-face from earlier years, the Air Force announced Monday that it will maintain the A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack jet to 2030. “We will EXTEND the A-10 “Warthog” platform to 2030,” Air Force Secretary Troy E. Meink said in a post on X. “This preserves combat power as the Defense Industrial Base works to increase combat aircraft production.” The move means that for the first time in more than a decade, the Air Force will not be attempting to cut or completely shut down the use of the twin-engine jet known best by its nickname, “Warthog.”

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