re: #163 goddamnedfrank

The A-10 is cheaper and more easily repairable than any airplane replacing it. The budget argument goes against retiring it.

Compare the USAF’s lack of love for the A-10 with Once Again The USAF Is Looking To Re-Engine Its B-52 Fleet. What the two aircraft have in common is that each is uniquely suited to its mission. If the Air Force thought that they could get a horrendously expensive, stealthed heavy bomber past Congress the B-52 would also be on the block. That won’t happen so they’re pushing for the techno toy that they think they can get.