Kraut won in the end
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You are correct.
However, US ground support doctrine shifting towards precision guided weapons launched from high altitude resulted in the A-10 losing all its advantages versus the F-16 in this role.
While the A-10 can lift more ordinance, the F-16 is much faster so it can show up to the fight much sooner.
Ironically, at high altitudes, the F-16 is more survivable since it can dodge SAMs while the slower A-10 really can't.
I say all this as a lover of the A-10. But the role it was designed to serve no longer exists in modern warfare, thanks to PGMs.
I think we should sell our A-10s to allies instead of scrapping them. They would be highly effective in the Pacific in a low-level anti-shipping & possible anti-sub role.