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USAF considers A-10 retirement delay
Marina Malenic, Washington, DC - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
10 November 2015
USAF Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft at Incerlik airbase in Turkey. Deployments such as the one against the Islamic State militants in Syria have given the USAF pause in plans to retire the aircraft. Source: USAF
Key Points
"We have to retire the airplanes, but I think moving it to the right and starting it a bit later and maybe keeping around the airplane a bit longer is something that's being considered based on things as they are today and what we see in the future," said General Herbert Carlisle, head of US Air Combat Command.
The USAF has been trying for years to retire the A-10 despite lawmakers' insistence on funding its continued use. However, the "demand signal" for the heavily armoured aircraft has recently changed, justifying a re-examination of the retirement timing, the general said during a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington, DC.
"One of our challenges today is capacity," he added. "If you look at the demand signal that's placed on the US Air Force across all of our mission areas, the demand signal has gone up, things have changed a bit, obviously we're in Turkey now which we weren't before the fight against [the Islamic State militants]".
The United States in October deployed 12 A-10s to Incerlik Air Base in Turkey to support airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. The A-10s, from Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, replaced six Lockheed Martin F-16Cs. The deployment is not the first time A-10s have been used in Operation 'Inherent Resolve'. In November 2014 Thunderbolts were deployed to Ahmed al-Jabr Air Base in Kuwait to support the operation.
USAF considers A-10 retirement delay
Marina Malenic, Washington, DC - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
10 November 2015
USAF Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II ground attack aircraft at Incerlik airbase in Turkey. Deployments such as the one against the Islamic State militants in Syria have given the USAF pause in plans to retire the aircraft. Source: USAF
Key Points
- The USAF is considering a delay of its planned retirement for the A-10C Thunderbolt II
- Congress has for several years provided funding to continue maintenance and use of the ground attack aircraft, despite USAF efforts to retire it
"We have to retire the airplanes, but I think moving it to the right and starting it a bit later and maybe keeping around the airplane a bit longer is something that's being considered based on things as they are today and what we see in the future," said General Herbert Carlisle, head of US Air Combat Command.
The USAF has been trying for years to retire the A-10 despite lawmakers' insistence on funding its continued use. However, the "demand signal" for the heavily armoured aircraft has recently changed, justifying a re-examination of the retirement timing, the general said during a Defense Writers Group breakfast in Washington, DC.
"One of our challenges today is capacity," he added. "If you look at the demand signal that's placed on the US Air Force across all of our mission areas, the demand signal has gone up, things have changed a bit, obviously we're in Turkey now which we weren't before the fight against [the Islamic State militants]".
The United States in October deployed 12 A-10s to Incerlik Air Base in Turkey to support airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. The A-10s, from Moody Air Force Base in Georgia, replaced six Lockheed Martin F-16Cs. The deployment is not the first time A-10s have been used in Operation 'Inherent Resolve'. In November 2014 Thunderbolts were deployed to Ahmed al-Jabr Air Base in Kuwait to support the operation.
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