Currently there is an agreement between the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army [1] that the air force will control most fixed-wing aircraft and the army most helicopters. I think this is completely dumb and should be dispensed with right away. The air force could then relinquish the A-10s and any future ground support aircraft like (hypothetically) the Super Tucano to the Army if the Army cares to pay for it.
This would help ameliorate the current situation where the Air Force seems compelled to try to cancel every airplane that's not the F-35.
This would help ameliorate the current situation where the Air Force seems compelled to try to cancel every airplane that's not the F-35.
[1] Apparently this originates in the "Johnson-McConnell agreement of 1966" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson-McConnell_agreement_of...