General: ‘We Don’t Have a Replacement’ for A-10, U-2

September 16, 2014 by Mike Hoffman - defensetech.org

The Air Force does not have a suitable replacement for the planned divestiture of the A-10 Warthog aircraft and U-2 spy plane, senior service leaders said Sept. 16 at the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference, National Harbor, Md.

“I don’t want to cut the A-10 and the U-2 – we don’t have a replacement,” said Gen. Michael Hostage III, Commander, Air Force Air Combat Command.

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RQ-4 Global Hawk taxies on the flightline as a U-2 makes its final approach