11/23/2023 0 Comments Mark ten phased outBut last month Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James said that the retirement of the A-10 would likely have to be delayed further as the military continues to rely on the low-and-slow attack plane for close-air support (CAS) missions flown against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. On paper, the Air Force plans to start mothballing the A-10 in 2018, with the last Warthogs sent to the boneyard by 2021. The plane’s “death date” keeps getting pushed back, but it still exists in theory. So it is quite beloved by the people who are actually fighting these things that we’re still not calling wars. The problem (as far as the brass see it) is that every time the Warthog gets its weapon-laden nose out of that door it kills a bunch of terrorists and saves American lives.
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