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

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They could wipe out chinese human wave attacks

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If they can get into range and survive, sure. The next war will not involve uncontested, universal American control of all battlefield airspace


The A-10 is a great platform and has given incredible service. But holding on it it as some CAS panacea in the 2020’s forward falls squarely in the “fighting yesterday’s war” category of military planning. The A-10 is slow, not maneuverable, and completely incapable of air to air combat against modern planes or air defense systems. I still think it can be an asset, but we should absolutely have moved on to developing a replacement by now.