Originally Posted by
rattman
why do you hate ukrainian pilots so much as to suggest that
Not sure that Blankbox's comment was inferring anything derogatory. If your concern is that the survivability of the aircraft in the FEBA is going to be low, that is the case for all aviation assets in a space where there are AAA/SAM systems and MANPADS everywhere. The A-10 is an effective weapon, with good survivability, but so is the SU-25 which Ukraine is familiar with, and some other NATO countries had units in inventory (or used to). In the absence of more SU-25s, or ordnance suited to the SU-25 the A-10 is a good alternative and for crews that are already competent in CAS and anti-armor, they would open up new ordnance supply lines in a reasonable response time. The A-10 is a maintainable aircraft, so long as the ordinance is available.
Still suspect that the deterrence given by drone-ISR/arty spotting drone-direct attack, and ATWs is a higher priority at present, but the two avenues of improving firepower are not mutually exclusive.