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| U.S. Air Force Fires Up the A-10 Depot Line |
| 2016-10-27 |
| h/t Instapundit On paper, the Air Force plans to start mothballing the A-10 in 2018, with the last Warthogs sent to the boneyard by 2021. But last month Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James said that the retirement of the A-10 would likely have to be delayed further as the military continues to rely on the low-and-slow attack plane for close-air support (CAS) missions flown against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. Even more telling, the Air Force Material Command (AFMC) is bringing the depot line for A-10 maintenance and repair back up to full capacity, according to Aviation Week. The Hawg isn't going anywhere. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #1 Can someone comment on the OV-10 Bronco experiment apparently going on in Iraq currently? Not a replacement for the A-10, but another, relatively cheap ( Always wondered about the A-1 Skyraider as a great plane for CAS missions in a insurgency conflict) way to use airpower without breaking freakingly overpriced Air Supremacy Fighters. |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2016-10-27 18:17 |