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Originally Posted by zraver
Just after GW1 when Clinton did his level best to pull the teeth out of the Americna miltiary bite the Air Force seriosuly considered getting rid of the A-10. it wasn't flashy or high tech and budget dollars were in short supply. The Army threatened to break the interservice agreement on fixed wing aircraft and fly them itself if that happened. The Airforce backed down but has never properly supported the aircraft. It is alway the last combat jet to get magor upgrades and is now IIRC mostly a guard aircraft.
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GW1 was in 1991 - 16 years ago. A lot has changed since then.
Now most, if not all, of A-10s are getting the "C" upgrade and could at some point even get new engines.
Seems like they're being pretty well supported now.