The picture shows the A10 attack aircraft
The U.S. Air Force has launched a new round of equipment update and elimination plan, of which the A10 attack aircraft as a regular visitor to the U.S. Air Force obsolete weapons proposal in recent years, this time it has indeed appeared in the list of eliminated weapons, and the previous times are different, this time the U.S. military seems to be going to dominate the Iraqi battlefield and the Gulf battlefield, can be called the veteran's undead weapon to move the real thing, in this regard, there are many military fans expressed puzzlement, saying that the performance of the U.S. A10 warthog attack aircraft is not backward, and the U.S. military is also tolerant of it. Why is everyone rejected now?
The picture shows the A10 attack aircraft
The A10 attack aircraft is a low-altitude, high-speed, precision ground attack fighter in the U.S. Air Force, officially entered service in 1975, and made its world-renowned actual combat debut during the Gulf War in 1991, known as the "tank opening knife", and later shined in a series of foreign wars in which the United States intervened. The A10 attack aircraft is a low-altitude fighter dedicated to ground attack, compared with the F15, F16 and other multi-role fighters, the A10 attack aircraft has higher strike accuracy and efficiency; Compared with helicopter gunships, the A10 attack aircraft has stronger firepower, armor and mobility, which is why the A10 attack aircraft and the AC130 gunboat aircraft have jointly formed an efficient ground strike system of the US Air Force.
The picture shows the A10 attack aircraft
The reasons for the A10 attack aircraft being disliked by the US Air Force are diverse, but the US Air Force did not hate the A10 attack aircraft at the beginning, and even for a long time, the US Air Force blocked the reduction plan from Congress for the A10 attack aircraft several times, and the reason why the US military did this was that the US military at that time still relied on the ground strike capability of the A10 attack aircraft, on the other hand, it was to retain the A10 attack aircraft, which would save the US Air Force a lot of money for the procurement of other high-performance fighters.
The reason why the US military has begun to dislike the A10 attack aircraft today is related to the future combat environment envisioned by the US military. A10 attack aircraft is an extremely dependent on air superiority fighter, in the case of their own air superiority, A10 attack aircraft can play the greatest attack efficiency on the battlefield, even in the face of anti-aircraft fire from the ground, even light surface-to-air missiles, with its thick armor can also be eliminated, in the Iraqi battlefield, there have even been A10 attack aircraft damaged one engine, only with another engine safely flying back to the rear airfield, even in the face of a more perfect air defense system in the Gulf battlefield, The A10 attack aircraft also lost only 4 aircraft, but they conservatively estimated that they destroyed thousands of armored units, and the combat effectiveness was evident, but once faced with the enemy's advanced fighters, the A10 attack aircraft without dogfighting capabilities would be tantamount to becoming lambs to be slaughtered, which is also currently in the body of the AC130 gunboat.
The picture shows the A10 attack aircraft
The current A10 attack aircraft relative to the US military, can do the icing on the cake, can not do the snow charcoal, this problem the US military in the 80s of the last century realized, but considering that the A10 attack aircraft just entered service, the US military did not completely replace it, but still sealed more than a hundred A10, with F16 fighters to replace their attack efficiency. Later, the A10 attack aircraft participated in a series of wars, the U.S. army encountered evenly matched opponents in the sky, coupled with the excellent performance of the A10 attack aircraft, its drawbacks were also infinitely reduced.
But now, it is difficult for the US military to launch a full-scale war against other countries, at most only local intervention, which makes the A10 attack aircraft have a greatly reduced chance of appearance, in addition, the US military has simulated the future imaginary enemy into an opponent with equal strength, these opponents all have a perfect air defense system, whether the US military can successfully seize air supremacy from its hands is still unknown, in this case, let the A10 attack aircraft hastily perform large-scale ground strike missions is undoubtedly a very risky behavior, therefore, The U.S. military has recently begun to reduce the number of A10 attack aircraft.