How do you feel about the A-10's proposed retirement?

Nothing can do the job the A-10 does as well as the A-10. They have tried to retire her before, but wisdom has always stepped in. Let's hope it does again.

Just give them to the army and be done with it

Man I wish that they would not!!!! The stats show how lethal this BAD boy is!! This is the only plane that ISIS fears! It is one bad machine and should continue to be used for support of ground troops!

I believe this has been covered many times before PVT (Join to see). The Army loves this system, there is none better, and nothing in the USAF arsenal to replicate what the A10 does. This argument has been going on for years. The USAF values Air Superiority fighters over CAS... CAS is what we value. Lots of posts on the A-10.... in RP

https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/a-10-vs-taliban-fighters-shows-why-so-many-in-the-dod-want-to-keep-it-how-does-this-video-impact-your-perception-of-the-a-10

They saved our asses in Desert Storm. Seen them Taking out stuff that my one Dragon missile would have just pissed off. So I say keep it! I also say thank you to all of the pilot's out there that fly them.

I do not like it on an visceral level, but as was brought up with one of our RP "meet and greets" the retirements stems largely from Versatility.

It's not that the A10 isn't amazing. It is, and is acknowledged as such, but it's a 1 trick pony. We only have so many pilots, and if we dedicate them to 1 trick ponies, we are missing out on other opportunities.

When you put the same pilot "billet" in a versatile plane, it goes from "This guy is a CAS pilot" to something more akin to "Every Marine is a Rifleman" (mixing metaphors). I cannot fault is logic on that. We need generalists more than we need specialists. Technology evolves, and the situation evolves. We need people that are capable of adapting, and versatile platforms support that better than the A10, even though it has significant cost savings.

Stay!

Crazy A 10 Pilot Missle Hit! https://youtu.be/o7JM82fa5ZY via @YouTube Love the A-10 and its Brave Pilot History! "A Wing and a Prayer!"...

This is one of the most successful aircraft that the Air Force has. The military industrial complex has tried to retire this plane several times because of how reliable it is. There are more expensive planes in the works that are not as reliable or as cheap to fly. This plane needs to stay until a suitable replacement can be found.