The A-10 is the P-51 of today. It was a defining weapon of it's time, but it became unsurvivable on a more modern battlefield. Ask the guys who flew the P-51

The A-10 is the P-51 of today. It was a defining weapon of it's time, but it became unsurvivable on a more modern battlefield. Ask the guys who flew the P-51 in Korea how awesome it was. The A-10 is extremely vulnerable to any number of modern tactical AA weapons, and it won't get any more survivable.