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[Star Wars] Why wasn't the A-Wing deployed against the first Death Star?

I'm no pilot, but I've learned my fair share about ships while scavenging for parts on Jakku. 

The Empire preferred larger ships to fighters, that much is common knowledge. But they had TIE Fighters and Interceptors, easily a match for the Y-Wing and able to hold their own against the X-Wing. 

Even if the A-Wing couldn't use it's concussion missiles against the Death Star's core as the X-Wing's photon torpedoes and the Y-Wing's proton bombs, surely the Admiralty of the Rebels knew TIEs would be deployed against their attack squadron, so why didn't they use A-Wings to engage the TIEs while the X- and Y-Wings delivered their payload?
gpt
You're giving the rebels a bit too much credit. They're a rag tag group of terrorists, not an organized military. Just because one rebel cell had access to the A-Wing doesn't imply that every cell of their loose organization used them. 

It was simply sheer luck that the large bulk of rebel cells hastily organized an offensive against the second death star, coordinating in a way far beyond their usual capabilities. 

It's likely that the traitorous Darth Vader engineered this offensive, bringing together the various bands of terrorists for one large strike in order to distract our glorious emperor from his own betrayal. 

Regardless, the disorganized masses of rebels could barely muster more than a couple ships at a time for their insurgency, it's doubtful they could manage to share logistics well enough to begin using standardized equipment. 

Long live the teachings of our emperor, and may the First Order return glory and peace to our Galaxy.