Proposing the Super Tucano as an A-10 replacement is unrealistic and strategically unsound. The A-29 Super Tucano is a unique bird. It is built by the Brazilian aerospace firm, Embraer.

Like the A-10, the A-29 has high survivability, although for mostly different reasons, as Air Force Technology points out.

The A-10 Warthog had a rough patch at the beginning of its service in the U.S. Air Force, so what smoothed it out?