"I'm regularly out here in the Stan and I can tell you that the A-10, useful as it is in many situations is by no means the 'air weapon of choice'. It often takes too long to get overhead because of it's slow transit speed, and in the recent poor weather it has been virtually useless. People who advocate the A-10 and Skyraider type solutions to Afghanistan air support need to bear those aspects in mind".
But maybe the 2 seat Night / Adverse Weather version proposed in the late 80s would have had more utility - admitedly it wouldn't have altered the transit speed problem!