re: USAF plans to retire more A-10 Warthogs; “crippling” close air support capabilities

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Shame to see a legend moving into retirement.

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It’s getting close to time on the airframes.

What’s a bigger shame is that we didn’t continue to update the design and produce more or them via new variants, or develop a true fixed-wing replacement.

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A portion of these should be reallocated to the Coast Guard for counter-trafficking operations.

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Hell, sell them to Mexico and Colombia.