I was extremely grateful to have USAF A10’s in presence patrols orbiting overhead to deter activity against my partner and I in Afghanistan back in 2013 in a re

I was extremely grateful to have USAF A10’s in presence patrols orbiting overhead to deter activity against my partner and I in Afghanistan back in 2013 in a remote area. In conflict environments such as Iran and Afghanistan or against conventional forces with limited modern air defence systems, the A10 is a very useful platform. But against peer adversaries with modern air defence infrastructure, A10 is vulnerable. The future will probably include over the horizon perishable drone swarm launches and persistent UCAVs for close air support and networked fires(possibly hundreds of miles away) in contested environments The recent conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is a good indicator of near future conflict.