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re: House votes to save A-10 fleet
Posted on 12/2/14 at 3:32 pm to son of arlo
Posted on 12/2/14 at 3:32 pm to son of arlo
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They wear out. It's not like they're a '57 Chevy you can restore with a new coat of paint.
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The A-10 is receiving a service life extension program (SLEP) upgrade with many receiving new wings.[28] The service life of the re-winged aircraft is extended to 2040. A contract to build as many as 242 new A-10 wing sets was awarded to Boeing in June 2007.[29] Two A-10s flew in November 2011 with the new wing installed. On 4 September 2013, the Air Force awarded Boeing a follow-on contract of $212 million for 56 replacement wings to increase the order total to 173 wing sets. The wings will improve mission readiness, decrease maintenance costs, and keep the type operational into 2035.[30] As part of plans to retire the A-10, the Air Force is considering stopping work on the wing replacement program, which would save an additional $500 million along with the total saving of retiring the fleet.[31] If the Air Force kept the 42 A-10s that already underwent wing replacement and retired the rest of the fleet, the savings would be $1 billion compared to $4.2 billion saved for retiring the whole fleet.[32]
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Posted on 12/2/14 at 3:45 pm to wickowick
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The wings will improve mission readiness, decrease maintenance costs, and keep the type operational into 2035.
That sounds like a paste and cut from Tongue and Quille.
Like I said, the A-10s are worn out. If the powers that be want to keep it on like they did with the Phantom, then so be it. The big selling point for the warthog was a big gun and loiter time. If we can do that with rotary wing cheaper, let's go that way.
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