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(10-02-2018, 01:59 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Being a Air Force guy myself I can tell you, the Air Force hates attack planes.  They like sleek fighters, high payload bombers and high tech recon platforms.  They absolutely loathe dirt level attack planes.  The A-10 is the perfect weapons platform for its role, nothing else comes close.  Air speed coupled with time over target plus firepower equals an unmatched airframe to this day.  It's just not what the Air Force looks for, quite the opposite in fact.  The A-10 is the perfect example of what works over what is preferred.  In short what works over what is "fundable".  Keep that airframe flying for the next twenty years and it will be money well spent.

That's because the top ranks of the Air Force is absurdly over-saturated in people who were fighter pilots. It influences their desires and priorities, which is why I am not really against a dedicated Space Force branch of the military so it's out of the hands of the Air Force.