No, You Can’t Make the A-10 Warthog ‘Stealth’

No, You Can’t Make the A-10 Warthog ‘Stealth’

Key Points and Summary – With the A-10 Warthog retiring, debate flares over close air support and whether a “stealth Warthog” could survive modern air defenses. Stealth would demand a total redesign—the GAU-8/A nose cannon, twin tails, pylons, and low/slow tactics are antithetical to low observability—so a new aircraft would be cheaper than converting A-10s. A GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon in the nose of an A-10 Thunderbolt II, assigned to the 442d …