Oh look, X is awash with a story about the F-35 again.
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Yep, and there was even a time when the Super Tucano was being discussed as a potential A10 replacement, but it looks like it couldn't compete with Apaches and Reapers.
I actually liked the Super Tucano. Good looking aircraft.
It would've been interesting to have at the very beginning of OIF/OEF, but by the time it would've been spun up for service, the DOD already anticipated the missions there ending.
So there was no point in investing money and pilots into a platform that was only useful in a single environment. The military always looks to fighting 'the next war', and understandably, nobody sees the Super Tucano taking on the Chinese.