DefenceTalkThe Administration’s fiscal 2015 budget proposed to retire the entire fleet of A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft beginning in FY2016. This report covers the background to that decision and legislative action as of the end of 2014. Background The A-10 was designed in the 1970s to perform air interdiction, battlefield air interdiction, and close air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/proposed-retirement-of-a-10-aircraft-background-in-brief-61923/