IS Beware: A-10s to the Middle East

Thirteen days ago COTTonLINE wrote, in a post titled "Wisdom," the following advice:

The IS area is an ideal place to deploy the A-10 Warthog ground attack plane the Air Forces says it wants to dump. It is very resistant to ground fire and probably to shoulder-fired missiles as well.

The A-10 is just the ticket for getting in close and shooting up relatively low-tech troops with its 30 mm Gatling cannon and rockets. Imagine a Warthog with 23 tiny Toyota Hilux pickup trucks painted below the canopy.

Today, to my pleasant surprise, comes an article from the Fort Wayne, IN, Journal Gazette reporting the deployment of an Air National Guard A-10 unit, the 122nd Fighter Wing, to the Middle East. The article is coy about where they will be based in-theater, as it should be. Hat tip to RealClearDefense for the link.