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New Wings May Keep A-10 Flying Past 2030

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Military.com 30 Mar 2018 By Richard Sisk
[FONT=&quot]Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said Friday that new wings for the workhorse A-10 Thunderbolt will keep the close-air support aircraft in the inventory for another dozen years or more.
Last week, Wilson told the House Armed Services Committee that funding for the re-winging of the A-10s in the fiscal year 2018 budget would keep the "Warthogs" flying at least to 2030.

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At an Air Force Association breakfast Friday, Wilson extended the potential retirement date for the A-10, whose first production model was delivered in 1975. She said the A-10s would remain in the fleet to 2030 "and possibly beyond."
Last year, the Air Force told Congress that 110 of the 283 A-10s in its fleet were in danger of being permanently grounded unless money was appropriated to re-wing them.
The $1.3 trillion omnibus spending packaged signed by President Donald Trump last week included $103 million requested by the service for the re-winging.
-- Richard Sisk can be reached at Richard.Sisk@Military.com.
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The A-10 is an incredible ground support aircraft. The USAF tried to replace it with the F-15 and the F-16, now the F-35, but the A-10 has capabilities and durability that none of these other aircraft will ever meet. Extending the useful life of the A-10 is a very good idea, nice to see that someone high up in the USAF command has seen the light.
 
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