Boeing Wants To Sell The U.S. Air Force's Fleet Of A-10s To Allies Abroad

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft from Bagram Air Base flies a combat mission over Afghanistan, in this handout photograph taken on June 14, 2009, and obtained on May 20, 2014. The aging aircraft is now being readied for a possible sale to overseas air forces. Reuters/Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson/U.S. Air Force/Handout via Reuters

DoD Buzz: Boeing Looks to Sell Retired A-10 Warthogs Abroad

PARIS — As the U.S. Air Force pushes to retire its fleet of A-10 attack aircraft, Boeing Co. doesn’t want the planes to waste away in the Arizona bone yard – it wants to sell them abroad.

The Chicago-based aerospace giant has begun discussions with the service about potentially selling the Cold War-era gunship known as the Warthog to U.S. allies, according to Chris Raymond, a vice president at the company.

“There’s been talk about what the international opportunities might be,” he said on Tuesday at the Paris Air Show, held at the historic Le Bourget airfield outside the city. “We’re going to stay close to the U.S. Air Force in this case. They have to make some decisions about what they actually have that they’re willing to declare as excess defense articles and so it’s really not our place to speculate on that.”

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