Jack of Harts

The A-10 Thunderbolts at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base had been retired with the base a decade before the Second Great Depression. The Air Force confidently upgraded their ground attack squadrons to the far superior F-35 Lightning and never looked back. So when Texas combed over the Davis-Monthan Boneyard, they found many A-10s capable of being cleaned up, serviced, and flown out under their own power. They quickly gave the craft to the Texas State Guard and deployed them against the Mexican drug cartels, where they proved that they were still the best aircraft for the job. Texas flew those refurbished A-10s for many more years, throughout the Drug Wars, and deep into the Cybernetic Wars until it became clear that they required another major overhaul to remain in service.