No congressman will like voting to have their ANG squadrons of A10s or the active service squadrons deactivated together with the bases.
A thing that confuses me is what the planned withdrawal of all A10s, to help fund development of the F35, that among other types it is meant to replace, means for the number of F35s that the USAF will in the end purchase? How can something that is not there be replaced in a base that has been closed?