Wednesday, February 24, 2016
The A-10 Continues To Prove Its Worth
FOX News: Legendary A-10 'Warthog' wins another fight vs. budget ax
The Air Force's venerable A-10 Thunderbolt II is proving as impervious to Pentagon cuts as it is to the bullets of the ISIS terrorists who scatter like roaches when the fighter plane known as the "Warthog" bears down on them.
Once again, the deadline for retiring the versatile plane has been pushed back, this time to 2022, when it would be replaced by F-35 Joint Strike Fighters. While the F-35 rollout has been less than smooth, the real reason the Warthog keeps avoiding mothballs is that it is perfect for raining fire down on desert-dwelling Islamic extremists.
“It has consistently proven its worth in the past decade and a half,” said Omare Lamrani, a military analyst with global intelligence firm Stratfor.
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WNU Editor: The plane will ultimately be retired .... but it will be a mistake if the Pentagon does not make plans to develop and build an improved version of the A-10, instead putting all of it eggs in one basket with the F-35.
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