Yes, the A-10 tooling was destroyed.
However ....
There are hundreds stored out at the Davis Monthan boneyard. If you look at the overhead pictures you’ll see that most of them wear the old Euro1/Charcoal Lizard cammo scene, meaning they were retired in the early 1990s as part of the Peace Dividend. Not due to age.
And, when the decision was made to rewing the active fleet Boeing rebuilt the tooling for the wings.
Functionally, we have the ability to put a lot more A-10s into active service and keep them there for a very long time.
“Functionally, we have the ability to put a lot more A-10s into active service and keep them there for a very long time.”
Yes, but you currently do not have a Defense budget for anything, much less for the existing or past A-10 inventories. Due to the budget limitations imposed by Obama and Congress, the Air Force is not permitted to have the air crews and ground crews necessary to maintain the existing inventory of A-10 aircraft or any expanded inventory. It is also overdue for everyone to take notice that the ability to field and effective combat force is highly dependent upon having an economy capable of paying for those combat forces.