The USAF has been trying to kill the A-10 since its introduction into service. They don’t low and slow. Fighter Mafia and all that. I don’t pin this so much on Obama as the Air Farce Brass. If it had been purely up to the USAF the B-52 would have been retired in the 1970s.
The USAF has been a Space and then Air Force for over a decade now. They see mud-moving somewhat beneath them in the classic sense of the A-10.
I’m aware of the USAF feelings on the A-10. I did a little work on the A-10C test plans before leaving that world. I also spent enough time in the F-111 to be aware of the USAF’s feelings about ANY old plane.
However, I will admit that targeting pods are pretty incredible now, and someone dropping from 30K may well be more accurate than someone trying to drop at 100’. But then, I remember doing 10 deg dives with dumb bombs, and the difficulty of target acquisition.