with many new types of aircraft being ordered and tested by the united states air force experts originally estimated that the a-NUMBER_TOKEN would be retired by the mid-NUMBER_TOKENs after which the role of close air support and ground attack would be fulfilled by lockheed martin's f-NUMBER_TOKEN lightning or by unmanned drones such as general atomic's reaper but the decision to retire the wartock was met with immediate resistance the army for example says that retiring the a-NUMBER_TOKEN would be a step backwards as it has already proven itself in modern combat and continues to perform not to mention the psychological effect that it has on the enemy when they hear the well-known avenger cannon the army even offered to purchase some of the planes if the air force decided to retire them but the offer was rejected other critics of the retirement plan state that the a-NUMBER_TOKEN has a stronger loadout and better armor than the f-NUMBER_TOKEN for the role of ground attack and being less reliant than modern fighters on guided munitions means its weapons are less susceptible to being jammed by enemy defenses wartogs are also capable of flying in the heaviest of thunderstorms thanks to their armor plating something that other aircraft generally avoid at the end of the day the air force decided that the f-NUMBER_TOKEN would be too expensive to use in place of the a-NUMBER_TOKEN largely because how quickly wartog squads can be equipped repaired and deployed efforts to replace the wings on the a-NUMBER_TOKEN are currently underway by boeing and the aircraft will likely be a part of the us arsenal for years to come so i really hope you found this video interesting if you did please do hit that thumbs up button below don't forget to subscribe and as always thank you for watching
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