Why can’t the army provide it’s own CAS? I know that these branches were partially separated by congress, but my understanding is that the army can still have rotary aircraft. Don’t both the A-29 and OV-10 fall into the rotary aircraft category? If the airforce is so uninterested in CAS then it should be moved to the…

Well written article! Part of the problem with all of the conflicts on earth is we are not focusing on a future united behind exploring the stars.

I don’t understand why the A-10 can’t be transferred to the US Army since it is the US Army that needs the CAS. I see the A-10 as a fast moving alternative to the AH-64. The Army is allowed to have fixed wing and rotary aircraft, so why can’t they take the A-10?