Russia and Ukraine

[Pat Mustard]

*Nods*

Hard to break does not equal 'Indestructable'.

There's been a few Youtube vids of pilots recounting bringing the damaged birds home.

Pretty sure though, that such machines are still 'Right offs' even though they stayed under thier pilots till they made it back home.

Lose an F-16? Recover the pilot and strap them into a new one comming off the lines.

Lose an A-10? Nup, there ain't no more, no more.

Unless thre's rumblings in the American halls of power to make something new? Assuming you can pry the money out of the Airforce's hands. I've seen more than a few comments about the internet about the Airforce's "Love" for the A-10.

Time will tell, I suppose.

Cheers.

Of course it doesn’t mean ‘indestructible’ - no one said it did. But the US has nearly 300 of these planes in mothballs.

During Desert Storm, the USAF flew 8000 sorties with A-10. Five were destroyed. Five. So, it’s clearly destroyable, but not easily so.

Boru

Desert Storm isn't a good comparison with the Ukraine war. By the time the first A-10 flew the US has complete air superiority so no US planes were facing any counter-attacks.