Charlie Keebaugh, an expert on close air support and president of the Tactical Air Control Party Association, said when troops are stuck in a firefight, an A-10 pilot is who they want saving them.
“The A-10, it can not be replaced by any other asset. It disgusts me that we’re even having this conversation,” he told reporters at a press conference on Capitol Hill. “I’m not sure what’s coming next, if they’re going to take our radios or our body armor or our boots.”