Key Points and Summary on A-10 Warthog Retirement in 2026 - In a recurring "Groundhog Day" scenario, the U.S. Air Force is once again proposing to retire its entire fleet of A-10 "Warthog" attack ...

WASHINGTON (USA TODAY) -- The Air Force A-10 attack jet has killed more U.S. troops in friendly fire incidents and more Afghan civilians than any other aircraft flown by the U.S. military, according ...

The U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt Demonstration Team conducts precision preflight operations, and the pilot performs aerobatics in his A-10C Warthog aircraft. Filmed during Heritage Flight 2018 at ...

The United States Air Force A-10 was designed as a Close Air Support aircraft, built around a potent armor-destroying 30 mm rotating barrel cannon known as the Avenger. Known as the A-10 ‘Thunderbolt ...

Rep. Austin Scott encouraged the Air Force to engage with allied nations willing to receive these aircraft. Kendall expressed openness to such discussions, citing previous transfers of excess defense ...

The Air Force is hoping to retire more A-10 Warthogs in 2025, as the service continues to readjust its overall strategies and future aircraft based on China's growing threat in the Pacific. In their ...

The United States Air Force is deeply committed to divesting itself from the A-10 Warthog program. Once the final A-10s are retired by the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2028, the Air Force will have a great ...

After almost five decades, the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base are beginning to be retired. The first of the many A-10s housed at the base, tail number 82-648, was ...

The Air Force will begin removing its A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from Osan Air Base, South Korea, starting in January 2025. (Senior Airman Daniel Snider/U.S. Air Force) The Air Force will begin ...

As inspirational plaques go, the one that hangs inside the 354th Fighter Squadron isn’t pretty. Just a rough slab of plywood, cracked in the corner, with some hand-drawn letters. But its message is ...

Summary and the Main Point: In the 1980s, the U.S. Air Force explored modifying the F-16 to provide Close Air Support (CAS) by creating a hybrid aircraft known as the A-16. The concept aimed to ...

Pilots driving the A-10C Thunderbolt II completed several days of bombing practice at Fort McCoy in early September during bombing training runs with 1,000-pound munitions at the installation’s impact ...