[JohnT416]

This is embarrassing. Why aren’t our Military using the Warthog A-10 for these missions?

[dhs12345]

Good point.

Maybe because they “retired” it already. /sarc

And they’d look like fools for proving that it is still useful.

[AFreeBird]

According to WiKi, the Bronco can be used from improvised airstrips and aircraft carriers (Navy or Marine)

Lots of flexibility.

[jonascord]

They've got to save them for tank busting missions. All this hardware is irreplaceable. Even the plants that built the OV and the A-10 are gone. They've been scavenging the aircraft grave yards for years, and they are running out of spares.

Besides, the Air Farce is desperate to kill the A-10. Any successful CAS mission is another proof that there are no Red Barons to fight. All the top staff are fighter jocks, and drones, air superiority and smart bombs are all you need to win a counter-insurgency fight.

The Air Force mission has always been about self justification.

[Lazamataz]

Mostly because of the gun. You only get a few short bursts, applicable mostly against Eastern-Bloc tanks, which would perform poorly in the overgrown jungles of Vietnam.