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The man nominated to lead ACC wants new light attack aircraft to supplement A-10

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Lt. Gen. James M. “Mike” Holmes, who has been nominated to be the next chief of Air Combat Command (ACC), told Defense News that he has pitched the idea of buying a new light attack aircraft to his bosses.

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U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. David Kujawa

The plan, dubbed OA-X, could see a fly-off demonstration as early as spring 2017.

Holmes said the new attack aircraft will supplement the A-10 and its primary mission is to combat insurgents and extremists groups, relieving the A-10 and other high-performance fighter aircraft.

“If you believe it does, and our chief believes it will, then you have to think about keeping a capability that’s affordable to operate against those threats so that you’re not paying high costs per flying hour to operate F-35s and F-22s to chase around guys in pickup trucks.”

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One thought on “The man nominated to lead ACC wants new light attack aircraft to supplement A-10”

  1. Just another tactic to mothball the “Hog”. It t’aint broke, screw it, bury it anyway. We got taxpayer money to spend son! Where on God’s green earth did the USAF dig these Generals up?! Gad, talk about a ******* Cluster ****!!

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