Revealed: U.S. Air Force Is Planning to Build a Super A-10 Warthog

Revealed: U.S. Air Force Is Planning to Build a Super A-10 Warthog

The Air Force is beginning to work on how fast, durable and capable a new “A-10”-like aircraft would need to be in order to provide U.S. military ground troops with effective close-air support for decades to come.

Senior service officials are now exploring “draft requirements” concepts – and evaluating the kind of avionics, engineering, weapons, armor and technical redundancy the aircraft would need, Air Force officials told Scout Warrior.

Many of the core technical attributes and combat advantages of the A-10 will be preserved and expanded upon with the new effort, officials said.

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