[ARC5] A10 Warthog

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

The info I looked up is about a year old (2017) and mentions the 
vacillations regarding the retirement of the A10. When that information 
was published the plans were to keep the A10 through at least 2040. 
Plans are always subject to change. I have a plan every day and it 
starts changing as soon as I sit up on the bed. It changes even more 
when the XYL wakes up <evil grin>. Apparently some highly placedpeople 
want to keep the A10. I don't know that we have another plane (even on 
the drawing boards) to it's role.

I don't know what radios are in the A10 but I see we are still on topic 
here:) We should know soon. I wonder when we can get a set from Fair Radio.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 07/03/2018 11:38 AM, MICHAEL ST ANGELO wrote:
> Isn't the F-35 supposed to replace the A-10? I read that one issue is that the Air Force does not have the maintenance personnel to support both planes so they want to retire the A-10.
>
> I have friend that worked on the A-10 when he was at Republic aviation. I'll ask him about the radios.
>
> Mike N2MS
>
>
>> On July 3, 2018 at 10:49 AM Bob kb8tq <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> The A10 has been scheduled for retirement and brought back from the dead at bunch of times over the last
>> couple of decades. It has been at the center of a *lot* of fights ( both on the battlefield and back at the Pentagon).
>>
>> Bob
>>

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