US Air Force
Flight Global: USAF rules out international A-10 sales
The US Air Force has closed the lid on discussions about shopping the A-10 Warthog to allies, telling Flightglobal it will not sell the close-in attack aircraft to anyone.
Boeing triggered speculation about whether the US government would consider selling the aircraft it wants to retire when a company official told reporters there have been “early discussions” about international sales.
“It’s something we would be interested in, but again, it depends where the air force goes with retirements,” Paul Cejas, chief engineer of off-Boeing programmes, told reporters during a media roundtable in May.
WNU Editor: For a plane that has been panned by the Pentagon as too costly to maintain, too old, and will no longer play a part in USAF operations .... they are very nervous that it should end up in the hands of another country. Why should they care where it ends up .... but apparently they do care .... and deeply so.
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