Here's exactly what the A-10 does, and why the Air Force would be crazy to retire it
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A new report from the Government Accountability Office dives deep into the all important question the Air Force and the Senate Armed Services Committee have been wrestling with for years - should, or can, the Air Force divest itself of the A-10?
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The report, thoroughly researched and evaluated, gives a clear answer - definitely not.
Even with the looming adoption of the all important F-35, the report finds that retiring the A-10 would leave significant capability gaps behind, and that the Air Force currently has concrete plans to bridge those gaps.
In the slides below, find out exactly what the A-10 does, and how the Air Force, whether they admit it or not, just can't live without it.
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