[onewhippedpuppy]

Sorry but per your argument we would be losing aircraft regularly in our recent wars. We aren't because the ground to air defenses of our current enemies are rudimentary at best. Beyond the "golden bb" scenario there is very little threat to any of our aircraft when operating in a counter insurgency scenario. As for the rest, sorry you are out of your league. Did you know that the AT-6 had armor for the cockpit and critical areas of the aircraft? Did you know that the AT-6 and A29 have simple pushrod based flight controls that are simpler and more reliable than the hydraulic systems on generally every military aircraft? That they can spend 3-4x more time on station without needing to refuel? That modern precision guided weapons are exponentially more accurate than the 30 mm gun on the A-10? That the AT-6 actually used the mission system from the A-10 as well as sharing most of the communication and datalink capability? I'm thinking probably not.