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The A-10C upgrade program seems to fly in the face of that.

The A-10C upgrade program seems to fly in the face of that. Really, the biggest problem with the A-10 right now is that the airframes are getting old, but that's a problem with our entire aircraft inventory. e.g., the F-15 having been grounded multiple times in the past decades because of airframes literally giving out and breaking up in training flights. The A-10 fleet is supposed to get rewinged to help with this; the USAF signed contracts with Boeing to build the wings before they started actively fighting spending money on anything that isn't the F-35.

Posted by commandar on Jun 30, 2015, 3:35 PM

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The A-10C upgrade program seems to fly in the face of that.

commandarJun 30, 2015, 3:35 PM

The A-10C upgrade program seems to fly in the face of that. Really, the biggest problem with the A-10 right now is that the airframes are getting old, but that's a problem with our entire aircraft inventory. e.g., the F-15 having been grounded multiple times in the past decades because of airframes literally giving out and breaking up in training flights. The A-10 fleet is supposed to get rewinged to help with this; the USAF signed contracts with Boeing to build the wings before they started actively fighting spending money on anything that isn't the F-35.

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