Skull Pilot
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- Nov 17, 2007
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Why fuck with a proven design.Not along side of. How about replacement. The A-10 is in serious trouble right now. The Age of the bird is working against it. There was over 300 at one time. Last official count was 186. They lost one recently moving it down to 185. With the lack of replacement wings, another 100 are seriously in jeopardy. That leaves 85. The wings are not being made at this time.
The problem is, do you sink another 10 mil into the A-10 with an airframe that will take it out starting in 5 years or do you spend that 10 mil on a completely new AC that can also do the job and be around at least 20 years.
just build more Warthogs