Re: Jets & Planes but no UAV's here.
The A-10 will not be replaced by any prop driven aircraft now. The USAF since the early 2000's had been seeking a lighter prop driven light attack aircraft to provide CAS, Recon and other support and now it looks like the current program is dead in trying to take over the roles that the A-10 was responsible for.
As the article clearly states, NONE of these aircraft were operational in the USAF or SOCOM.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ai...ce58a3#image=4
That'd be like having a paper airplane replace an expensive RC one! 
Regards,
Pat
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