Congress looks into restarting the F-22 Raptor

[A.P. Richelieu]

Too slow for any modern anti-air defence systems.All that armor won't do much against an AAM as well. It was proven in the gulf war against Iraq that the A-10 is not survivable against that, and in an uncontested environment there is no real need for the armor, and something cheaper to fly (like a super Tucano) would better serve us.

Even Non-armoured Skyhawks survived SA-7 hits during the October War,
but of course some A-10s was lost in the Gulf Wars to SA-16 etc.