Umm, A-10s have flown for a long time with FLIR. They don&#x27;t have it natively, but they always use their targeting pods. See SNIPER or LITENING pod. My pilots did night missions all the damn time. The trouble with the A-10s isn&#x27;t just the engines, its the airframes themselves are getting old. They are heavily stressed through years of use, their hydraulic systems are a nightmare to maintain, and so on.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sniper_Advanced_Targeting_Pod" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Sniper_Advanced_Targeting_Pod</a>
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