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Hi, my name is Tom Kimsey and I'm the son of a C-130 pilot. (Sorry not my choice) I am writing a research paper in English and the subject I choose was wether or not the A-10 should be retired and replaced with some new tiny shiny fighter thing. Of course I think it should not but I'm having a hard time finding information on the matter and was wondering if there was any way you guys could help and send info my way. Thanks!

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Maybe he can get promoted to an AC-130!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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hey hey hey guys, the herc and the Hog are cousins. You guys know that, you can see it in the face. I ain no pilot, i aint no maintainer either. But ill tell you the Air Force attempted to retired the A-10 after production of the F-16 took off, they tried. They figured out that the A-10 is virtually irreplacable. The only thing going against the Hog, is age, and time.

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I would think that 1 reason would be the cost-per-kill would be so much lower. I found this on some site

<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>The cost of an early model Maverick was quoted at $60,000 in 1981, versus $1,800 in ammunition and maintenance costs for a two-second burst from the cannon. The two systems, however, had a very similar kill probability (Pk) per pass, so the gun was far more economical.<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote>

Given that the Maverick has almost definately come down in cost since '81, but the cannon would certainly be much cheaper to use.