Somebody listened . . . . Well done
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Somebody listened . . . . Well done
An attack of commonsense at DoD. (Until recently, they were busy scrapping them as irrelevant hardware)
Perhaps it could leach across to MoD?
A-10 Thunderbolt II Gets New Wings, Ensures the Sound of Freedom into 2035 - Topic A: DefenseTopic A: Defense
Perhaps it could leach across to MoD?
A-10 Thunderbolt II Gets New Wings, Ensures the Sound of Freedom into 2035 - Topic A: DefenseTopic A: Defense
Last edited by Brian W May; 2nd Jan 2015 at 11:31. Reason: Afterthought (infers there was a 'beforethought')
I'm afraid that this doesn't mean what you think (hope) it means. It is one of the vagaries of the US defence procurement system that these re-winging contracts continue to be issued and renewed despite the A-10 being for the chopping block.
2035 is the OSD as envisaged with the re-winging process. If the USAF gets its way (which it is still trying to do), the A-10's OSD will be a lot sooner than that.
2035 is the OSD as envisaged with the re-winging process. If the USAF gets its way (which it is still trying to do), the A-10's OSD will be a lot sooner than that.
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The A-10 only received a stay of execution until around the end of 2015, after that you can bet the USAF will be trying their best again to get it retired. After all, they'll need all the money they can get to continue paying for that abortion of a jet, the F-35, in an effort to get it to be something approaching useful... 
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