Part of that is that the A-10 is great at shooting people who can't shoot back, but put it against people with modern AA and it's a flying coffin, which a lot of pilots learned the hard way in the first Gulf War when Iraq shot them down in the first day and they got pulled from front line operations (those operations were given to F-16s).
Modern Russia is not a valid target for A-10 ops. Giving them to Ukraine is just throwing them in the trash with extra steps.
Part of that is that the A-10 is great at shooting people who can't shoot back, but put it against people with modern AA and it's a flying coffin, which a lot of pilots learned the hard way in the first Gulf War when Iraq shot them down in the first day and they got pulled from front line operations (those operations were given to F-16s).
Modern Russia is not a valid target for A-10 ops. Giving them to Ukraine is just throwing them in the trash with extra steps.