{"id":42931,"date":"2018-04-12T21:19:04","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/12\/portion-of-a-10-fleet-to-move-into-backup-status-in-lead-up-to-fy25\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:23:46","slug":"portion-of-a-10-fleet-to-move-into-backup-status-in-lead-up-to-fy25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2018\/04\/12\/portion-of-a-10-fleet-to-move-into-backup-status-in-lead-up-to-fy25\/","title":{"rendered":"Portion of A-10 fleet to move into backup status in lead up to FY25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Air Force expects it will have to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2017\/09\/20\/air-force-could-ground-some-a-10s-as-early-as-2019-as-life-of-wings-run-out\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">ground a portion of the A-10 fleet<\/a> in the years running up to fiscal year 2025, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2017\/06\/09\/air-force-to-cut-three-a-10-squadrons-unless-funding-for-new-wings-emerges\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the life of their wings runs out<\/a>, but the service believes it will not effect operations, a three-star general said Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are not confident that we\u2019re flying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2017\/05\/23\/stayin-alive-no-retirement-in-sight-for-the-a-10-and-u-2\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">all of the A-10s that we currently possess<\/a> through 2025 with our plan,\u201d said Lt. Gen. Jerry Harris, deputy chief of staff for strategic plans and requirements, during a House Armed Services Committee panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo as we are looking at a CAF [combat air force] roadmap and with our modernization program, our intent is not to have groundings that impact the fleet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its recently-passed FY18 spending bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/03\/23\/fy18-budget-deal-yields-life-sustaining-new-wings-for-the-a-10-warthog\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Congress included $103 million<\/a> that would allow the Air Force to start a new production line to put fresh wings on the venerable A-10 Warthog close air support plane. Although 173 A-10s have gotten new Boeing-produced wings, including one aircraft that has since crashed, 109 Warthogs are in danger of moving to the boneyard unless replacements are installed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris told lawmakers that some aircraft that are close to being grounded will cycle into the Air Force\u2019s backup aircraft inventory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FY18 budget would pay for the first four pairs of wings, while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/01\/25\/air-force-to-order-more-a-10-wings-in-fy19-budget-request\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force\u2019s $79 million request in FY19<\/a> would pay for an additional eight to 12 sets. But beyond that, there are still big questions as to how many A-10s will ultimately get wings and how many A-10s could be grounded in the years before FY2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the hearing, Harris said he couldn\u2019t immediately provide answers to those questions, put forward by Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., and a former A-10 pilot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201cIs there some other reason why you\u2019re not asking for max capacity? Is it because we can\u2019t have that many in the fleet that are out for that period of time, just operational requirements?\u201d asked McSally, who said that to her knowledge, the Air Force is capable of putting new wings on 32 A-10s per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris responded that the service opted to keep production of wings at a lower level until the Defense Department completes a number of studies of its combat aircraft inventory, to include the much-hyped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2018\/02\/28\/the-f-35-may-be-heading-into-its-faceoff-with-the-a-10-this-april\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">comparative tests between the A-10 and F-35<\/a> that will measure both planes\u2019 close air support bona fides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re not going to make a further commitment until we know where we\u2019re going with both the A-10 and the F-35,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another point of contention between McSally and Harris was the number of A-10s slated to move through the rewinging process. The Air Force has only committed to retaining six of the nine currently existing Warthog squadrons to 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWith them being south of the DMZ, and deployed to Afghanistan and just coming back from schwacking ISIS and working with our NATO allies and all that we have on our plate, three active duty and then six guard and reserve squadrons for a total of nine\u2014that\u2019s already stretching it,\u201d McSally said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow would we provide that capability to the combatant commanders if we went down to six? I just don\u2019t see it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rewing effort might allow the service to increase the number of A-10s per squadron from 18 back up to 24 aircraft for the three active duty squadrons, and up to 19 aircraft for the Air National Guard and reserves, Harris said. But he wouldn\u2019t commit to retaining any more than six squadrons until 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Retaining six A-10 squadrons until \u201c2032 is in the testimony\u201d submitted by Harris to lawmakers on Thursday, McSally noted, \u201cBut okay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Harris argued that the A-10 currently only conducts 20 percent of all Air Force close air support missions, and some of them could be performed by one of the two light attack aircraft that the service is considering buying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt continues to be a great airplanes and we\u2019ll fly it while it fits into our program,\u201d Harris said of the A-10, \u201cbut it doesn\u2019t support the National Defense Strategy of preparing for a fight with Russia and China.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Mike Turner, the Ohio Republican that chairs HASC\u2019s tactical air and land power subcommittee, noted that the committee will include a provision in the upcoming FY19 defense authorization bill revolving around the Air Force\u2019s decision to recompete the A-10 wing replacement contract. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile the production line was shut down while Congress was deciding whether or not the A-10 was going to be preserved, someone made a decision that cost the American taxpayer an enormous amount of resources, and we\u2019re going to be requiring an assessment of what that was, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen we deal with these issues in the future hopefully someone at DoD will understand that \u2014 until Congress takes action we ought not take action that affects the American taxpayer \u2014 until the debate has been completed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the situation is a little more complicated than that. 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