Friday, July 24, 2015

USAF rules out international A-10 sales

A-10 Thunderbolt IIThe US Air Force has closed the lid on discussions about shopping the A-10 Warthog to allies, telling Flightglobal it will not sell the close-in attack aircraft to anyone.

Boeing triggered speculation about whether the US government would consider selling the aircraft it wants to retire when a company official told reporters there have been “early discussions” about international sales.

“It’s something we would be interested in, but again, it depends where the air force goes with retirements,” Paul Cejas, chief engineer of off-Boeing programmes, told reporters during a media roundtable in May.

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