The US military circles discuss the proposal to transfer the fleet of A-10 attack aircraft to Ukraine, writes New York Times.
A-10 attack aircraft were developed during the Cold War specifically to defeat ground targets and, above all, to combat Soviet tanks. At the same time, the Pentagon has been trying to get rid of these machines for several years in order to release funds for the purchase and maintenance of more multi -purpose aircraft, which are more responsible for the ideas of American strategists about future military conflicts in which the United States may participate. But the American military has not yet succeeded in obtaining sanctions from Congress; Legislators stubbornly allocated money to maintain and modernize the A-10 fleet.
US Air Force Minister Frank Kendall in several of his statements this week allowed the possibility of transmitting A-10 to Ukraine. The chief of staff of the American Air Force, General Charles Brown, did not directly talk about the A-10 at Aspen forum in Aspen, but allowed Ukraine to transfer combat aircraft, most likely not Russian, writes BBC.