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Which is risky and very inefficient. Hellfire drones can carry more accurate ordinance in a lesser amount, have little-to-no risk of being shot down (and losing a pilot's life), and can be deployed more expediently from forward bases. They can also return and reload far more quickly, and they...

As others have said, drones have pretty much replaced the A-10. The only real reason it's still around is a) inertia and 'fanboyism' from certain elements in the US armed forces, and b) it's useful against opponents in the Middle-East that use 60's or 70's era Soviet equipment and ad-hoc...