据2015年8月31日的美国《防务新闻》报道,美国国防部作战实验和鉴定处处长迈克尔·吉尔摩宣布,为评估F-35联合攻击战斗机的近距离空中支援能力,计划于2018年,在F-35进入正式初始作战测试和鉴定阶段时,进行F-35与A-10的对比测试,以评估F-35的近距离空中支援能力,确定所需的武器装备,了解该机与传统攻击机相比,在近距离空中支援方面的优劣,确定存在的能力缺陷以及改进途径。根据最初的设想,F-35战斗机要替换A-10去执行近距离空中支援任务,因 According to Defense Intelligence from the United States on August 31, 2015, Michael Gilmore, Director of Operations Research and Identification Division of the U.S. Department of Defense, announced that in order to assess the short-range air support capability of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, it is planned that in 2018 , F-35 in the formal initial operational testing and identification phase, the F-35 and A-10 comparison test to assess the F-35’s short-range air support capabilities to determine the required weapons and equipment to understand the aircraft and Compared to traditional attack aircraft, the advantages and disadvantages in the short-range air support, to determine the existence of the capacity deficiencies and ways to improve. According to the initial idea, F-35 fighters to replace the A-10 to perform short-range air support mission,