This 1973 War is Why the Air Force Thinks the A-10 Can’t Survive in Modern Combat by We Are The Mighty | Jul 22, 2016 | MonitorBy: We Are The Mighty “The 1973 Yom Kippur War lasted only a few weeks, but its implications for air combat continue to reverberate – even helping make the case for ditching the iconic A-10 Warthog.”