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Article Summary and Key Details – The U.S. Air Force is seeking to accelerate the retirement of its entire fleet of 162 A-10 ...
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Why Scrapping the A-10 Warthog Is a Terrible Mistake
Modern, sophisticated air defense systems have made the A-10 more vulnerable than before. But throwing in the towel on one of ...
The A-10 was well suited for combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, but the Air Force says the planes are past their prime. It wants to mothball the fleet in favor of newer jets.
What is it that occurs when a legendary warplane, designed to absorb the most intense ground fire, becomes expendable in one ...
A combat aircraft with a storied background and 65 confirmed kills has landed in Pueblo at the Weisbrod Aircraft Museum. Here ...
On his second deployment, Capt. Alan Goncalves has accumulated more than 1,100 combat hours total in his career. However, unlike the other pilots, 800 of those hours were acquired during his first ...
“A-10 pilots take the Combat Search and Rescue role very seriously,” Lt. Col. Ryan Hayde, 354th Fighter Squadron commander and A-10 pilot said in response to the news.
The application of the A-10 when it comes to Combat Search And Rescue, particularly plucking downed pilots just out of the enemy's grasp, finds its roots in 'Sandy' role, made famous by the hardy ...
Although the caption of the following picture reads “more than a dozen A-10 Thunderbolt….” I can count 19 such combat planes belonging to the 354 FS, 355th Fighter Wing from Davis Monthan ...
For Star subscribers: The last A-10 Thunderbolt II combat squadron has been retired at Tucson’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base amid a shift to a new special-operations mission.
Former Astronaut Mark Kelly (left) at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, Jan.19, 2015, and Lt. Col. Martha McSally with her A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft on Jan. 29, 2006.