Posted on Nov 15, 2017
All You Wanted to Know About the A-10 Thunderbolt II | RealClearDefense
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No F-35 or anything else except a Russian Frogfoot comes close!!
All You Wanted to Know About the A-10 Thunderbolt II | RealClearDefense
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LTC Stephen Conway Awesome aircraft that is still the high water mark in its field. For the life of me, I cannot understand why they continually want to retire it. Until the enemy has NO ARMOR at all, this aircraft, or a future one that is actually better, will be needed.
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LTC Stephen Conway
McSally Throws Wrench In Quiet Plan To Cut A-10 Warthog Squadrons
Buried in the Department of Defense’s fiscal year 2018 budget request released in May was deadly surprise for U.S. troops downrange: After years of debate, the Air Force called on Congress to “fully fund the entire fleet” of 283 A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, including $17.5 million in investment funding to help modernize the Air Force’s squadrons of the beloved Warthog attack aircraft.
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