
A request for proposals to build new wings for the aging but heavily used A-10 Thunderbolt II close-air-support aircraft is slated to be issued in the current April-to-June quarter, service officials said April 12.The A-10 fleet consists of 282 aircraft, of which 173 have already received new wings. When the Air Force was considering retiring the fleet, the wing production contract expired, leaving 109 aircraft without new wings. But the Air Force now intends to keep flying the A-10. The fiscal…