That’s all that they need. Take the current A-10, spit and polish with modern materials, boom: A-10D. (Looks like they’re up to A-10C right now).

I went over it before a bit in this post http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/us-air-forces-… and sprinkled throughout a bunch more. During a 1V1 fight it is especially useful, especially when the aircraft also has helmet mounted cuing and a high-off-boresight short range air-to-air missile. The capability is less of an…