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I agree. The Air Force has always loved their fast movers and hated anything less. The army has their attack helicopters, why not give them the A-10 and bring back the army air corps. This almost happened when the A-10 was brought on line. Only the threat of the army having their own pilots outside of helicopters did the Air Force finally sign onto it.
The A-10 came from a pissing match between the Air Force and the Army during the mid to late 1960's, about whose lane CAS belonged in. The AF won out by forcing the Army to pursue the AAH program which developed a slower but survivable attack helicopter (eventually the Apache). Prior to that, the Army was pursuing a very fast CAS helicopter to replace the AH-1. The AF should never have been in the business to begin with, and it's high time they go mind their own business.