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U.S. Air Force Fires Up the A-10 Depot Line to Keep Warthogs Flying 'Indefinitely'
« on: October 27, 2016, 09:52:25 pm »
U.S. Air Force Fires Up the A-10 Depot Line to Keep Warthogs Flying 'Indefinitely'

In addition to standard maintenance and upkeep, the attack planes will be fitted with new wings.
 

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On paper, the Air Force plans to start mothballing the A-10 in 2018, with the last Warthogs sent to the boneyard by 2021. But last month Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James said that the retirement of the A-10 would likely have to be delayed further as the military continues to rely on the low-and-slow attack plane for close-air support (CAS) missions flown against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. Even more telling, the Air Force Material Command (AFMC) is bringing the depot line for A-10 maintenance and repair back up to full capacity, according to Aviation Week.

The Hawg isn't going anywhere.

"They have re-geared up, we've turned on the depot line, we're building it back up in capacity and supply chain," AFMC chief Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski recently told Aviation Week. "Our command, anyway, is approaching this as another airplane that we are sustaining indefinitely."

http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a23537/air-force-fires-up-depot-line-keep-a-10s-flying-indefinitely/
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Re: U.S. Air Force Fires Up the A-10 Depot Line to Keep Warthogs Flying 'Indefinitely'
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2016, 09:54:46 pm »
Great news!
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Re: U.S. Air Force Fires Up the A-10 Depot Line to Keep Warthogs Flying 'Indefinitely'
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2016, 09:55:56 pm »
The A-10 really is indestructible. How many times has the Airforce threatened to scrap these bad boys?
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Re: U.S. Air Force Fires Up the A-10 Depot Line to Keep Warthogs Flying 'Indefinitely'
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2016, 09:56:08 pm »
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« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2016, 10:01:30 pm »


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Re: U.S. Air Force Fires Up the A-10 Depot Line to Keep Warthogs Flying 'Indefinitely'
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2016, 10:07:05 pm »

How good is the A 10?  This video is about a pilot who landed his A 10 in spite of being hit by a missile.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7JM82fa5ZY
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Re: U.S. Air Force Fires Up the A-10 Depot Line to Keep Warthogs Flying 'Indefinitely'
« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2016, 05:48:24 am »
Excellent

Can't understand the thinking behind wanting to ground the bird when there is nothing else out there that can match her....
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