> Also, it does a poor job at flying slowly. It's just not specialized in it. That doesn't seem like a role the Air Force is very concerned about. The USAF has

> Also, it does a poor job at flying slowly. It's just not specialized in it. That doesn't seem like a role the Air Force is very concerned about. The USAF has been trying to kill off their best low and slow flying close air support aircraft for awhile now. [0] The planes are made to lay down hell [1] and take a beating that would destroy just about any other aircraft [2], and the ground troops love it. [3] Supposedly the F-35 is going to fill the role of the A-10 in the future but I just don't see how that's possible. [0] https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a34907462/air-force-wants-to-retire-a-10-thunderbolt-warthog-congress-opposition/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/aviation/a34907462... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II#Weapons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunde... [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nUhDvcGXgs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nUhDvcGXgs [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hKgloWQHd8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hKgloWQHd8