It never ceases to amaze me how the military can take something so exciting, and make it incredibly mundane and boring.

I've always thought the A-10 was the coolest airplane.

Me too. I used to see them all the time when I lived near the US Air National Guard @ http://www.martinstateairport.com/

"Always a welcome sight to US and allied forces on the ground"
Well, not always....

Warthog is a cool plane, but apparently it's being retired because Lockheed Martin need more money or something...

Not for a bit; Congress is stalling the retirement---
It's pretty clear that no reasonable replacement will be ready to stand in for the A-10 if it's retired, so the Air Force is being forced to suck it up and keep it in service a bit longer.

Ugh, the F-35, what a crap bag of wasted money. Canada is still trying to figure out if they're going to buy them or not. Last I heard they were "exploring other alternatives." Imo, we should just buy into the Eurofighter program, it does everything we want it to do, in the conditions we need it to be in, for a fraction of the price. =\

The Eurofighter Typhoon fills the same role as the F-22, except that the F-22 is a much more advanced and capable jet. (And, in fact, can fulfill the role of the F-35 better than the F-35 can, in many cases. Except carrier landing.) The cost is only marginally less than the F-22 (about $110 million vs $150 million), although if the F-22 had been allowed to ramp up to full production, the price would have gone down further. Basically, the F-22 program shouldn't have been cancelled so quickly.

Canada wasn't looking at the F-22 though, they were looking at the F-35. Imo, as an armchair Defense Minister, the Eurofighter fills the role of arctic interceptor that the F-35 was terrible at.