{"id":1607527,"date":"2026-06-08T10:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/congress-saves-the-a-10-again\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T10:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T08:28:16","slug":"congress-saves-the-a-10-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/congress-saves-the-a-10-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Saves the A-10 \u2014 Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n\nThe Air Force wanted the A-10 dead by 2026. Congress just told them to keep it alive until at least 2030 \u2014 and to maintain the training pipeline, the Weapons School billets, and the testing infrastructure the service had already started dismantling. The Warthog survives. Again.\n\nThe House Armed Services Committee advanced its FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act markup on 7 June with a package of amendments that reads like a congressional intervention on behalf of an aircraft the Pentagon has been trying to retire for over a decade. The A-10 provisions are the headline, but the bill also includes new right-to-repair measures for military equipment and expanded counter-drone funding that reflects every lesson the Pentagon has absorbed from Ukraine.\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4f8;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:18px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;color:#333;font-size:17px\">Quick Facts<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:18px;color:#444;line-height:1.8\">\n<li><strong>What:<\/strong> FY2027 NDAA markup by House Armed Services Committee (7 June 2026)<\/li>\n<li><strong>A-10 mandate:<\/strong> Sustain training, testing, Weapons School, and maintenance through 2030<\/li>\n<li><strong>Transfer clause:<\/strong> Retiring A-10s must be evaluated for transfer to other military branches<\/li>\n<li><strong>Right-to-repair:<\/strong> New measures expanding military&#8217;s authority to maintain its own equipment<\/li>\n<li><strong>C-UAS funding:<\/strong> Expanded counter-drone initiatives, low-cost interceptor development<\/li>\n<li><strong>Current A-10 fleet:<\/strong> ~162 aircraft remaining in USAF inventory<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Immortal Hog<\/h2>\n\nThe A-10 Thunderbolt II has been on the Air Force&#8217;s chopping block since 2014. Every budget cycle brings a new retirement proposal. Every budget cycle, Congress says no. The pattern is so established it has become a Washington punchline \u2014 but the latest intervention goes further than any previous save.\n\nThe FY2027 NDAA doesn&#8217;t just block retirements. It requires the Air Force to sustain the entire A-10 ecosystem: training new pilots, maintaining Weapons School courses, continuing operational testing, and keeping depot maintenance lines open. The service had already begun winding down A-10 training, closing the pipeline for new Warthog pilots. Congress is now ordering them to reverse that.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px\"><img data-opt-id=1876217523  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/a-10-thunderbolt-gau8-avenger.jpg\" alt=\"A-10 Thunderbolt II in flight\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The A-10 Thunderbolt II \u2014 Congress has ordered the Air Force to sustain its training and maintenance through 2030. U.S. Air Force photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nAnd there&#8217;s a kicker: any A-10 considered for retirement through 2030 &#8220;should be evaluated for potential transfer to another military department.&#8221; Translation: if the Air Force won&#8217;t fly them, maybe the Army or Marines will. It&#8217;s a remarkable slap at the service&#8217;s decades-long campaign to divest the jet.\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Right to Repair, Right to Fight<\/h2>\n\nThe A-10 provisions grabbed headlines, but the right-to-repair amendment may have longer-lasting impact. The measure expands the military&#8217;s legal authority to maintain and repair its own equipment without relying exclusively on original equipment manufacturers. For years, defence contractors have used intellectual property restrictions to force the Pentagon to pay premium rates for depot maintenance, spare parts, and software updates on weapons systems the taxpayer already bought.\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;This is the moment I think that Congress needs to take action. We cannot let our airpower erode while we wait for next-generation platforms that are still on the drawing board.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Rep. August Pfluger<\/strong> &mdash; R-Texas, former F-22 pilot, House Armed Services Committee<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\nThe amendment builds on a growing bipartisan consensus that the current intellectual property regime \u2014 where a single vendor controls all repairs on a multi-billion-dollar weapons system \u2014 is both strategically dangerous and fiscally irresponsible. In a prolonged conflict, the ability to repair equipment in the field without calling the manufacturer&#8217;s help desk is not a convenience. It is a survival requirement.\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Counter-Drone: The Ukraine Effect<\/h2>\n\nThe third major pillar of the FY2027 markup is expanded counter-drone funding. Ukraine has demonstrated \u2014 graphically, daily, for over three years \u2014 that cheap FPV drones can destroy tanks, disable air defences, and close airspace over an entire front. The Pentagon has watched, learned, and is now pouring money into solutions.\n\nThe NDAA language emphasises &#8220;attrition-ready, low-cost interceptor solutions capable of countering mass drone attacks against military installations and deployed forces.&#8221; The era of shooting down $500 drones with $2 million missiles is officially acknowledged as unsustainable. Congress wants directed-energy weapons, electronic warfare solutions, and kinetic interceptors priced in the hundreds or low thousands of dollars, not hundreds of thousands.\n\n\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/heA4UrisyuA\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\nThe A-10, the right-to-repair push, and the counter-drone investments share a common thread: Congress is telling the Pentagon that real wars \u2014 messy, attritional, fought with the equipment you actually have \u2014 matter more than the clean future the service chiefs keep promising. The Warthog may be old. The drones may be cheap. But the FY2027 NDAA says both are here to stay.\n\n<em>Sources: The Aviationist, Air &#038; Space Forces Magazine, CSIS, House Armed Services Committee<\/em>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/air-force-fighter-fleet-drops-below-legal-minimum\/\">Air Force Fighter Fleet Drops Below Legal Minimum<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Air Force wanted the A-10 dead by 2026. Congress just told them to keep it alive until at least 2030 \u2014 and to maintain the training pipeline, the Weapons School billets, and the testing infrastructure the service had already started dismantling. The Warthog survives. Again. 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