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most of the arguments against the A-10 are based on exercises. And indeed, in exercises A-10s get trounced by air defenses and intercepting fighters. Minor detail. In exercises, A-10s are required to maintain a minimum altitude of ~5k feet and are deemed 'killed' if an enemy air defense...

There was 1 A-10 shot down by a Roland over Baghdad in 2003. Note that the above losses for A-10s in Desert Storm include a bird that made it back to base and safely landed, but was written off. Think on that.

Yet despite the A-10 taking far more hits, just as many F-16's as A-10's were actually lost. 5 of each. Plus the A-10's were mostly attacking Republican Guard formations, which had the best AAA available to the Iraqi's, the F-16's were lost attacking regular formations or during SCUD hunts...

Gentlemen, there is no need for this dispute. The Air Force has been found to have an entire warehouse available for the Jarheads. They'll just have to get past all the Air Force golf courses and resort spas to get to them, but I'm sure such inventive individuals will have no issues with this.