A-10 may retire without replacement

An A-10C of the Nellis-based 66th Weapons Squadron down low during training. Jamie Hunter AIR FORCE Chief of Staff Gen David Goldfein has confirmed that the service may withdraw the A-10C Thunderbolt II without a direct replacement. Interviewed by trade journal Aviation Week on July 16, he said the USAF was yet to commit to develop a so-called ‘A-X’ as a like for like replacement for the Thunderbolt II, and admitted the single mission CAS platform might disappear from the