A-10 pas de retrait de sqd avant 2022

[MS Galileo]

Air Force Moving Forward With A-10 Replacement Option

Defining the requirement is the first concrete step toward developing potentially developing a replacement A-10 for the close-air support mission, often dubbed A-X. The Air Force has been studying the idea of a procuring single-role A-X for at least a year now, hosting a joint-service summit in March, 2015, to work out options for the close-air support, or CAS, mission.

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defens ... /82746220/

[warbird2000]

The Air Force has long stated that the multirole F-35 joint strike fighter will perform the CAS role after the A-10 retires, but the new push for an A-X seems to indicate the service is bowing to pressure from the public and Congress to maintain a single-role aircraft to protect soldiers on the ground.

The Air Force’s latest plan, reflected in the fiscal 2017 budget request, is to retire the A-10 by fiscal 2022. But in the out-years, the F-35 can only partially fill the capability gap left by the A-10, officials have said

Je ne comprend pas la politique de l'usaf . L'A-10 est en train de recevoir de nouvelles ailes qui garantissent que l'avion ira jusqu'en 2040 au mo
donc pourquoi chercher donc un remplaçant ?

In 2016 the USAF announced a thick-skin urgent spares kitting (TUSK) wing assemblies program to extend the lifespan of the aircraft past 2040.[69]

D'ici la , ils auront mis au point le F-35 et pourront voir si l'avion peut remplacer le l'A-10 ?
A moins que l'usaf ne se rende compte que pour le CAS, le F-35 sera extrêmement couteux à utiliser et l'A-10 n'est plus non plus un jeune avion

[MS Galileo]

Au cas ou ils peuvent ressortir le projet de Burt Rutan de chez Scaled composites, l'Agile-Response Effective Support (ARES) model 151 "Mudfighter" des années 80-90.

http://www.scaled.com/projects/ares