Interdasting phrasing

>In Washington, the war over the Warthog goes on.

>Since 2012, the Air Force has argued that it cannot afford the A-10, and that the trusty old hog must be retired in part to pay for acquisition of the F-35, which will assume its close air support mission among all the other things the Joint Strike Fighter is supposed to do. Critics and the A-10's Congressional supporters have sternly challenged the notion, leading to a tense pitched battle.

>In January of this year, for example, Major General James Post, Vice Commander of Air Combat Command, reportedly told junior officers that passing favorable information about the A-10 to Congress was tantamount to "committing treason." More recently, F-35 program chief Lt. Gen Christopher Bogdan dismissed a potential close-air support fly-off test between the A-10 and F-35 as unnecessary.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a18236/why-the-a-10-warthog-is-such-a-badass-plane/