A-10 retirement....

They want to get rid of the A-10. A plane that is cheap and completely successful is the plane they want to get rid of. 

First they retired the F-117 stealth fighter. They did that because they said we have the F-22. Then they stopped making the F-22 because they said we will have the F-35 real soon. But the F-35 totally sucks and is never ready. Now they want to get rid of the A-10 too.

In 5 years when you take your kid to an air show there will be one plane to look at. It will be the F-35 sitting alone on the air field. But don’t expect to see it fly because it probably still won’t be able to. It will be a real quick show for sure.

“Known for its survivability, the A-10 is capable of flying with half a wing, one tail fin, one elevator, and one engine torn off. It’s also cheaper to fly and can fly more frequent missions than the aircraft that the Air Force proposes to replace it with”

“The A-10 was originally built in the early 1970s, and it was designed to combat Soviet tank columns with its enormous seven-barrel 30-millimeter Gatling-gun cannon. Known for its pugnacious looks as the “Warthog,”

the A-10 could also carry a variety of guided and unguided weapons, and it proved its usefulness against a wide range of enemies while flying close air support for troops in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Air Force reported that the 60 A-10s that flew in Iraq had an 86 percent mission success rate.”

It is here. It is paid for, and it works. Yup, so lets get rid of it. Makes sense to me……..

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/02/dod-aims-to-scrap-a-10-to-keep-f-35-alive-in-new-budget/