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Hi all, I don't post here much but I do read the board a lot. I am a nonmilitary guy who fell in love with the A-10s years ago at an airshow. Anyway, I was looking at a recent CNN story that talked about how the Air Force was saying that it needed more money to buy the Raptors (F-22s) as its fleet was aging. One AF guy called it the \"geriatric air force.\" They also noted the A-10s were becoming harder and harder to maintain due to corrosion and whatnot. Is that the case as I thought the \"C-upgrade\" was to improve the wings and the airframes as well as put in some new gizmos. Again, I am non military so I don't know all the terms.

Anyone care to speak to this.

btw, whoever did the recent side shots of the different squadrons, I loved it. Nice to see the nose art is still a factor for some units in this day and age.

Andy

You meant this article in this topic?
http://www.a-10.org/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=12517

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Akravetz, sorry to say I don’t think people on this forum will talk about the issue of fleet health on this open forum. There are a number of on-going programs to both up-grade the Hawg and keep it flying as safely as humanly possible. Do a Google search on Precision Engagement and Service Life Extension Program (or Hog-up) to find publicly released info on these and other programs.

My bad. I didn't see the previous post and I guess, looking back on it, that I should have realized it wasn't something to discuss in the open.

still, I find it kinda interesting. Hate to think the A-10s might be rusting away.

Dice, it's all open source.

$2.5B program to buy new wings for 242 A-10s. This augments the initial repairs done by the Hog-Up program.

Coach, we all know that but as you know we are conditioned to let those whose should release/talk about this stuff do their jobs. Better safe than unemployed eh?

Coach, not everything about the A-10 is open source. The CNN story talks about the A-10 as an airframe and mentions corrosion in that context, not in the context of PE or SLEP1. I didn’t want this thread to end-up being… yea we are having trouble here….and I’ve see corrosion here, taking it outside the two open source programs mentioned above. That’s why I told akravetz to Goggle the two programs which are open source and get his information there. I don’t care if PE and SLEP1 are talked about here but, I don’t want speculation on the health of the rest of the airframe ( that may or may not be an issue) which hasn’t been released publicly talked about here. That was my take on the thread.

Better safe than sorry.

Good call, Dice and Fender

Sorry to have brought up a bad topic. I was just looking at that story and didn't realize all the mess that could come of it. Anyway, I got some of the answers I was looking for. Still wish they made two-seaters of those planes. I'd love to take a ride in one.