US Air Force Problem: The A-10 Warthog Needs To Be Allowed to Retire Even If It Performed During the Iran War

The BRRRRT Act requires the Air Force to keep at least 126 A-10s in service through fiscal year 2033, up from the previously legislated floor of 103, and to restore the depot maintenance, pilot training pipelines and sustainment infrastructure it had wound down. The Air Force has estimated hundreds of millions of dollars a year in savings from retiring the fleet.