Via Weasel Zippers and Stars and Stripes:
"When the Air Force announced plans to retire the A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft, also known as the “Warthog,” the outcry from servicemembers was loud, steady … and ultimately heard in the halls of Congress.
Last month, the House voted to bar the Air Force from axing the plane, a move that pleased those who valued the A-10′s abilities in support of ground troops."
Sanity breaks out!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear this.
The American public saved the Warthog for the sake of the ground pounders. The Air Force (sometimes cynically referred to as the "chair force") wanted to replace it with a one billion dollar (by the time they're done counting out the money) F-35.
DeleteThey need drop the failed F-35 program and start producing more Wart Hogs !!!
ReplyDeleteThey are by far a more effective aircraft than that POS F-35 will ever be !
Back seat rider in a F-4 Wild Weasel...now those were real attack and multi purpose tanks ! along with the Hogs...