Air Force to keep A-10 flying

Good news for the grunts. Amazing how the DND make it sound like this was all their idea rather than Congress, both parties, got it right. The second message: we might have the F-35 working by 2022.

time to consider where to build the next 250 of these magnificent warbirds, because the need will persist well beyond 2022. The ones on non-flying status ought to be remanufactured and re-engined and sent back to work. Many sit in desert dry storage and every one of them is a candidate for rehabilitation and re-entry into the fray, either as parts or flying status. Does any sane person truly think Afghanistan, iran, iran, Libya or other desert localities will be pacified anytime soon, or anytime at all? hence the need for this weapon. No F-35 will ever exist than can do this work, so quit kidding about that,

Nice to see the DOD finally realzing what everyone else knew....the A-10 is a tank drivers worst nightmare and deserves to continue doing what it does best - ruin tank driver's days! And then giving them a smokin' hole to die in!

To bad the Marines don't have something like this to back them up. So far the F35 is a bust. Biggest waste of money, besides congress, that we have.

Amen, one hell of a punch.

Bang for the buck sums it up. Keeping the old birds flying makes sense with all the low tech conflicts these days.

As Patrick stated, there are dozens of A-10s sitting in storage at Davis-Monthan in Tucson, the majority of which can be made operational again using sacrificed parts from their sister ships sitting next to them. And he is also correct that the jihadi-thing will not be going away soon either, making the need for the A-10 all that much more important into the foreseeable future. Here's an idea, restart the A-10 production line with some design improvements for the avionics and weapons compatibilities in place of building a portion of the 1200 or so F-35s the Pentagon wants to procure. These A-10s would replace the Lightning 2s that will not be as capable of fulfilling the CAS role, since a couple of BBs will take it out of action, not like the Warthog which can be full of holes and still keep flying.

Is or has the A10 ever been Carrier launched??