Russia and Ukraine

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

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.

They were facing SAMs and various anti-aircraft fire. A few dozen were badly damaged.

Air superiority isn’t much of a factor regarding A-10 (provided you have at least some other planes in the sky), as their function is close air support, not dogfighting. 

Given the Russian passion for armoured combat vehicles, there’s likely a very plausible role for the A-10.

Boru