The Air Force is looking at developing a long-term contract for acquiring parts to support the A-10 after lawmakers in their Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act again barred the service from retiring the Warthog. In a request for information published Friday, officials pointed to a lack of “structure end items” and subcomponent availability across the decades-old, 281-aircraft fleet tied to “internal and external supply chain issues.” “Many of the current supply chain issues are a direct result of...
