You know, I was a UAV pilot (look up shadow 200 3rd Stryker brigade combat team, second infantry division) an targeted for many A10 strike missions around Tall'Afar, Mosul, and Samarrah in Iraq around '03-04. The A10 was fantastic for taking out large weapons caches or convoys. Sure it can take out tanks and such, so why not keep them around. I speak from experience that in today's insurgent and less conventional warfare, I'd rather target for an A10 than a Harrier. Besides, it is hard to beat the sound of that main gun firing. Nothing like it in the entire us military.